My Vocab List

Anathema
1. Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
2. A formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine
3. A strong curse

Antepenultimate
Third-to-last

Mellifluous
Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear

Pulchritudinous
Having great physical beauty (only used with people)

Selcouth
Strange, unusual, rare; marvelous, wondrous

Soporific
Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep

Verisimilitude
The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

Vicissitude
1. A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
2. Alternation between opposite or contrasting things

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