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Sigil (noun) si-jil a pictorial symbol used in ritualistic magic and supposed to have supernatural…

Quadrisyllable (noun) kwod-ree-sil-a-bl A word of four syllables. First recorded in 1650–60; quadri- + syllable…

Asinine (adj) as-in-ine foolish, unintelligent, or silly. Asinine, “foolish, unintelligent, or silly,” comes from Latin…

Malinger (verb) mal-ing-er to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work,…

Steppe (noun) step an extensive plain, especially one without trees. Steppe, “an extensive, treeless plain,”…

Niveous (adj) niv-ee-us resembling snow; snowy. Niveous comes from the Latin stem niv-, “snow,” which…