Plutocracy

America could be described as a Plutocracy.

plutocracy

\ploo-TOK-ruh-see\

noun 1. the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy. 2. a government or state in which the wealthy class rules.

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Stentorian

stentorian

\sten-TAWR-ee-uh n, -TOHR-\ adjective 1. very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.

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Corybantic

corybantic

\kawr-uh-BAN-tik, kor-\ adjective 1. frenzied; agitated; unrestrained. 2. (initial capital letter) of or relating to a Corybant.

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Vagarious

vagarious

\vuh-GAIR-ee-uh s\ adjective 1. characterized by vagaries; erratic; capricious: a vagarious foreign policy. 2. roving; wandering: vagarious artists.

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OMG, let's move to Iceland!

Spinebash

I think I'll spinebash right now.

spinebash

\SPAHYN-bash\

verb 1. Australian Slang. to rest; loaf.

Gone Be

Seriously, do we even have schools anymore?

Lief

lief

\leef\

adverb 1. gladly; willingly: I would as lief go south as not. adjective 1. Archaic. willing; desirous. 2. Archaic. dear; beloved; treasured.

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Bumptious

bumptious

\BUHMP-shuh s\ adjective 1. offensively self-assertive: a bumptious young upstart.

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Fletcherize

I think I know why Angela Lanbury's character is named Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote.

Fletcherize

\FLECH-uh-rahyz\ verb 1. to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

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Galluses

There's another kind of suspenders?

galluses

\GAL-uh-siz\

noun 1. Older Use. a pair of suspenders for trousers.

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Inculcate

inculcate

\in-KUHL-keyt, IN-kuhl-keyt\ verb 1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in ): to inculcate virtue in the young. 2. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually followed by with): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.

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Pleonasm

pleonasm

\PLEE-uh-naz-uh m\ noun 1. the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy. 2. an instance of this, as free gift or true fact.

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Duende

duende

\DWEN-de\

noun 1. Spanish. charm; magnetism. 2. Spanish. a goblin; demon; spirit.

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Hagiography

For St. Nicolas's Day. hagiography

\hag-ee-OG-ruh-fee, hey-jee-\ noun 1. the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.

Bailiwick

bailiwick

\BEY-luh-wik\ noun 1. a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work: to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick. 2. the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

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Ignominy

ignominy

\IG-nuh-min-ee, ig-NOM-uh-nee\ noun 1. disgrace; dishonor; public contempt. 2. shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this.

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Logophobia

logophobia

\law-guh-FOH-bee-uh, log-uh-\ noun 1. an obsessive fear of words.