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bollix
Verb
Meaning:
To throw into confusion or disorder
Usage:
He managed to bollix the entire project
That delay has bollixed our schedule
wanderlust
Noun
Meaning:
A strong desire to travel; strong longing for or impulse toward wandering
Usage:
Wanderlust has led him to many different parts of the world
quaint
Adjective
Meaning:
Strange and unusual in an old-fashioned and charming way; pleasingly or strikingly old fashioned or unfamiliar; antique; old-fashioned; oldfangled; vintage
Usage:
A quaint phrase
At the bottom of the hill, there was a quaint little town
hierophant
Noun
Meaning:
Supporter; advocate; espouser; exponent; high priest; promoter
Usage:
As an early hierophant of birth control, Margaret Sanger had to face down often vehement opposition
vehement
Adjective
Meaning:
Strong, powerful or intense emotion or force; passionate; showing strong feeling; forceful; zealous
Usage:
The teenager argued for a much later curfew in a vehement speech to her parents; her parents responded with an equally vehement “No way!”
osculate
Verb
Meaning:
To kiss or touch with your lips
Usage:
If you osculate your dog on the mouth, some of your family members will laugh while others will be disgusted