Uncommon

ubiquitous

[yoo-bik-wi-tuhs]

existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent

woebegone

[woh-bi-gawn, woh-bi-gon]

beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance; showing or indicating woe

gelid

[jel-id]

very cold; icy

insouciance

[in-soo-see-uhns]

the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference

loquacious

[loh-kwey-shuhs]

talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous

chthonic

[tha-nik]

of or relating to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth

propinquity

[proh-ping-kwi-tee]

the state of being close to someone or something; proximity

riposte

[ri-pohst]

a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism

sycophant

[sik-uh-fuhnt, sik-uh-fant]

a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

friable

[frahy-uh-buhl]

easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly

querulous

[kwer-uh-luhs]

full of complaints; complaining

oligopoly

[ol-i-gop-uh-lee]

the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors

haughty

[haw-tee]

arrogantly superior and disdainful

palfrey

[pawl-free]

a docile horse used for ordinary riding, especially by women

ignominious

[ig-nuh-min-ee-uhs]

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable, humiliating

inimical

[ih-nim-i-kuhl]

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

obnubilate

[ob-noo-buh-leyt]

to cloud over; becloud; obscure

proliferate

[pruh-lif-uh-reyt]

to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation

cerulean

[suh-roo-lee-uhn]

deep blue; sky blue; azure

elegy

[el-i-jee]

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

peregrinate

[per-i-gruh-neyt]

to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot

quintessence

[kwin-tes-uhns]

the pure and concentrated essence of a substance

insufflate

[in-suhf-leyt]

to blow or breathe (something) in

pervade

[per-veyd]

to become spread throughout all parts of