UNUSUAL WORDS CVII 

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

1. FREEGAN

2. PLENARY

3. PERGOLA

4. PALAVER 

5. FUSTIAN

6. SAVOYARD

7. JACQUARD 

8. BALACLAVA

9. MULIEBRITY

10. CRUCIFEROUS 

11. BORBORYGMUS

12. QUAKENBUTTOCK

 

Answers:

 

1. FREEGAN - One opposed to waste and consumerism who eats discarded food - as from dumpsters

 

2. PLENARY - (Of a meeting) to be attended by all participants - who otherwise meet in smaller groups / absolute, unrestricted - as plenary powers 

 

3. PERGOLA - A wooden structure with a beamed or latticed roof providing shade -often with climbing plants, arbor

 

4. PALAVER - Chit-chat, small talk - often excessive

 

5.  FUSTIAN - Pompous or pretentious speech or writing / also, a kind of cloth

 

6. SAVOYARD - One from or living in Savoy (SE France) / Fan and enthusiast of the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan (from the Savoy theater in London where the operas were first produced)

 

7. JACQUARD - Fabric in which the design is woven directly into the fabric

 

8. BALACLAVA - A mask that covers all of the face except the eyes

 

9. MULIEBRITY - The characteristics and qualities of women

 

10. CRUCIFEROUS - Of the vegetables in the cabbage family, including broccoli, Brussel sprouts, and kale 

 

11.  BORBORYMUS - Rumbling, gurgling sound in the stomach - part of the digestive process but often associated with being hungry

 

12. QUAKENBUTTOCK - A coward