The Mellifluous of Hard Words

Hard words:

androcentrism
astrobleme
autodidact
bibliomania
bifurcate
bloviate
catalepsy
confabulate
contretemps
discombobulate
egregious
equipollent
excoriate
funambulist: a tightrope walker or tope dancer
genuflect
heliotrope
heterogeneous
hypertrophy
impecunious
luciferous=luminous,light-giving
mellifluous
mondegreen
mountebank
necropolis
orthostatic
peripatetic
phantasmagoria:a constantly changing medley or real or imagined images (as in a dream)
plenilune:full moon
preternatural
rhinoplasty:plastic surgery of the nose
rodenticide
sangfroid
subterfuge
tardy-gaited
theophany:a vision of God
ultramundane
wunderkind
zoolite


harder words:

acrohypothermia
ailurophile: cat lover
alexipharmic: antidote
coprolalia
declivity ~~ acclivity
defenestration n. （将人或物）抛出窗外（尤指中古时代末期波希米亚民众表示愤恨的方法之一）
dermatoglyphics 皮纹学，肤纹学(尤指手掌、脚掌的)皮纹，肤纹
echopraxia n.【心理学、精神病学】模仿行动(或动作)，模仿倾向
extravasate vt. 使从脉管中溢出 vi. 溢出
gerontocracy: a form of social organization in which a group of old men or a council of elders dominates or exercises control
hibernacle: 动物冬眠的地方
hypogeum: n. （古代的）地下墓室、地窖[ 复数hypogea ]
idioglossia: 1. 【医学】(发音不清只有自己才懂的)自解语症 2. (儿童自己创造的)一己的语言
intercalate: vt.1. 添加(日、月等)于历中；设置(闰日、闰月等)2. 插入；添加；把…夹入
kinetosis
lalophobia [,lælə'fəubiə] n.【心理学】言语恐惧症；说话恐怖
legerdemain
lycanthrope: 1. 【心理学】变狼狂患者；变兽狂患者 2. =werewolf (lycan n. 狼人)
magniloquent
oenophile: n.a connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut
prolicide n.杀害胎儿(或婴儿)
pusillanimous
sansculotte n. 激进派革命家；下层阶级；无裤党
schadenfreude n.delight in another person's misfortune. 幸灾乐祸
terpsichorean n. 舞蹈家adj. 舞蹈的 terpsichore n. [希神]忒耳西科瑞（司舞蹈和合唱的女神）
thaumaturgist n. 奇术师；术士 n.one who practices magic or sorcery
verisimilitude 貌似真实
e.g.These flower illustrationsshow the artist's concern for verisimilitude.
这些花卉插图表明这个画家很注重写实。

vituperate

ignis fatuus 鬼火
obstreperous
pococurante adj. 冷淡的；无动于衷的；漠不关心的 n. 冷漠的人；无动于衷的人 indifferent, nonchanlant
recalcitrate vi. 不服从；顽抗；踢回去