Word Wizard! Parts 2 - 7

OK, so here's the big secret...I'm not good at being on time.  I'm so sorry that I have missed, let's see, SIX WEEKS of words!  What an endless tragedy!  I was out of town and all sorts of stuff, and I got distracted.

Well, never fear my gentle reader(s).  I am here to make it up to you with six weeks worth of words - that's right, 30 brand new words! 

The list starts at 6, not 1, because this is the 6th culumative word that I've blogged.

Hope you enjoy them....

#. Word
a. part of speech
b. definition
c. definition 2 if applicable


6. Anomaly

a. noun
b. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

7. Apportions
a. verb
b. to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution

8. Astringent
a. adjective
b. harshly biting; caustic

9. Biometrics
a. noun
b. The statistical study of biological phenomena

10. Biplicity
a. noun
b. The state of being twice folded; reduplication

11. Bipod
a. noun
b. a two-legged support, as for an automatic rifle

12. Bolster
a. noun
b. a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc

13. Cacophony
a. noun
b. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance

14. Capitulate
a. verb
b. to surrender

15. Caustic
a. adjective
b. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue
c. severely critical or sarcastic

16. Chiasmus
a. noun
b. a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”

17. Coalesce
a. verb
b. to grow together or into one body

18. Cognizance
a. noun
b. awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception

19. Cursory
a. adjective
b. going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial

20. Daedal
a. adjective
b. skillful; ingenious; cleverly intricate

21. Dither
a. noun
b. a trembling; vibration

22. Domicile
a. noun
b. a place of residence; abode; house or home

23. Double Entendre
a. noun
b. a double meaning that is sexual in nature

24. Dubious
a. adjective
b. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt

25. Ebb
a. noun
b. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay

26. Effervescent
a. adjective
b. bubbling; vivacious; gay; lively; sparkling

27. Ensure
a. verb
b. to secure or guarantee

28. Espial
a. noun
b. the act of spying or keeping watch; observation

29. Etymology
a. noun
b. the derivation of a word

30. Evanescent
a. adjective
b. vanishing; fading away; fleeting

31. Fiery
a. adjective
b. like or suggestive of fire

32. Flippant
a. adjective
b. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity

33. Fyke
a. noun
b. a bag-shaped fish trap

34. Incendiary
a. adjective
b. used or adapted for setting property on fire

35. Indemnity
a. noun
b. protection or security against damage or loss
c. compensation for damage or loss sustained

36. Infuse
a. verb
b. to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill