UNUSUAL WORDS LXXVIII

Can you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words?

1. Fastidious

2. Eponymous

3. Nonplussed

4. Bicameral

5. Belwether

6. Nexus

7. Augur

8. Bucolic

9. Endemic

10. Histrionics

 

Answers:

 

1. FASTIDIOUS - Very concerned about detail, especially in cleanliness

 

2. EPONYMOUS - Having the name of its creator or inventor

 

3. NONPLUSSED - Surprised and confused so much as to be unsure how to react

 

4. BICAMERAL - Of a legislative body composed of two houses independent of each other, as the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States 

 

5. BELWETHER - Person or thing that leads the way or points out a trend, a sheep (wearing a bell) that leads the flock

 

6. NEXUS - A central link or connection between things 

 

7. AUGUR - To predict (from omens and signs), to give promise of 

 

8. BUCOLIC - Of the beauty and and joys of the countyside and country life 

 

9. ENDEMIC - Belonging or confined to a particular place or people

 

10. HISTRIONICS - Exaggerated, dramatic behavior designed to attract attention