UNUSUAL WORDS XL

Do you know the meaning of these valid, but infrequently used words?

1. LIMN

2. FURL

3. PICA 

4. ARRAS

5. DUENNA

6. CONDIGN

7. CONFLATE

8. PETRICHOR 

9. VERTIGINOUS

10. ASSEVERATE

Answers:

 

1. LIMN - Describe or depict in words or painting 

 

2. FURL - roll up

 

3. PICA - Compulsive eating disorder in which people eat non-food items, such as dirt

 

4. ARRAS - A tapestry

 

5. DUENNA - A chaperone

 

6. CONDIGN - (adjective) Deserved, as punishment 

 

7. CONFLATE - Mix, combine

 

8. PETRICHOR - A pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather

 

9. VERTIGINOUS - Causing vertigo or confusion

 

10. ASSEVERTATE - Declare or state solemnly or emphatically