Uncommon

puissant

[pyoo-uh-suhnt; pwis-uhnt]

powerful; mighty; potent

candy

[kan-dee]

a sweet food made with sugar and often flavoring (such as chocolate) and filling

banal

[buh-nal]

devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite

ambrosial

[am-broh-zhul]

exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell

funny

[f-unny]

causing amusement or laughter; also used to describe something strange or unusual.

haughty

[haw-tee]

arrogantly superior and disdainful

hurried

[hur-reed]

done quickly or with urgency

hearten

[har-tn]

to give encouragement or confidence to someone

minatory

[min-uh-tawr-ee]

menacing; threatening

enthusiast

[en-thoo-zee-ast]

a person who is highly interested in a particular activity or subject

vex

[veks]

to torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry

caveat

[kav-ee-aht]

a warning or caution; admonition

ample

[am-pul]

more than enough; abundant

equable

[ek-wuh-buhl]

calm and even-tempered, without sudden changes of mood

cavil

[kav-uhl]

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

ubuntu

[oo-boon-too]

humanity or fellow feeling; kindness

braid

[br-aid]

a pattern formed by weaving together three or more strands, often of hair or fabric.

lucent

[loo-sunt]

giving off light; glowing or translucent.

discursive

[dih-skur-siv]

passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling

withhold

[with-hold]

to refuse to give something

astonish

[uh-ston-ish]

to greatly surprise or amaze someone

ramify

[ram-uh-fahy]

to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions

emanate

[em-uh-neyt]

to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate

mimic

[mim-ik]

to imitate someone or something, often for amusement