UNUSUAL WORDS LIV

Do you know the meanings of these perfectly good, but less-often used words?

1. GELID 

2. VALISE 

3. HUBRIS

4. TURGID

5. RISIBLE

6. GAMBIT

7. RHIZOME

8. OCCLUDE

9. TRADUCE

10. SYBARITE

11. UMBRAGE

12. QUIDDITY

13. QUIDNUNC

14. QUINCUNX

15. QUERULOUS 

16. EPONYMOUS

17. PUNCTILIOUS

18. CHARCUTERIE

19. VITUPERATIVE

20.  PUSILLANIMOUS

Answers:

 

1. Gelid - Extremely cold, icy

2. Valise - Suitcase

3. Hubris - Excessive pride 

4. Turgid - Cloudy, as a liquid

5. Risible - Laughable

6. Gambit - A move or remark used 

                    to gain an advantage

7. Rhizome - Subterranean root

                      growing horizontally

8. Occlude - Block, obstruct

9. Traduce - Slander

10. Sybarite - One self-indulgent for

                        comforts and luxury

11. Umbrage - Offense, as from a slight

                         or insult

12. Quiddity - Essence

13. Quidnunc - Busybody, gossip

14. Quincunx -  An arrangement of five 

                           objects in a square or rectangle

                           with one in each corner and

                           one in the center

15. Querulous -  Whining and complaining

16. Eponymous - Bearing the name of its creator

17. Punctilious - Excessively concerned with order

                            and behavior

18. Charcuterie - Cheese, meat, crackers, etc. 

                              served on a wooden board

19. Vituperative - Verbally bitter and abusive 

20.  Pusillanimous - Cowardly