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Facetiously:
  • Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
In a sentence:
  • His car had tons of issues, I facetiously told him to push the car into a lake for insurance money.
Pronunciation: fuh·see·shuh·slee
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Word :- Miss out on (sth)

Definition:- To lose a good opportunity or experience

In a Sentence:- You're going to miss out on my birthday party
 
Word :- Miss out on (sth)

Definition:- To lose a good opportunity or experience

In a Sentence:- You're going to miss out on my birthday party

I didn't know "miss out on" was a word. I learned something new today.
 
Pelagic:
  • Related to the open sea.
In a sentence:
  • Our pelagic trip was enjoyable, but I'm ready to return to the dryland.
Pronunciation: pe·lah·ghic
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Assemblage:
  • A gathering.
In a sentence:
  • Our church's Sunday assemblage went great; over 150 guests attended mass.
Pronunciation: uh·sem·bluhj
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Amalgamation:
  • the action, process, or result of combining or uniting
In a sentence:
  • The amalgamation proceeds very slowly, as the sole extraneous heat is that of the sun.
Pronunciation:
  • /əˌmalɡəˈmāSH(ə)n/
 
Omniscient:
  • having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight;
  • possessed of universal or complete knowledge;
  • knowing everything.
In a sentence:
  • The internet marketer touted himself to be omniscient about all things SEO, but his campaigns never quite lived up to his hype.
Pronunciation: äm-ˈni-shənt
 
Desultory:
  • Slow, sluggish.
In a sentence:
  • Mark's desultory work ethic caused him to under-perform at work, which is why he lost his job.
Pronunciation: del·suh·tor·e
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Dalliance:
  • A brief love affair.
In a sentence:
  • My dalliance with Jessica was short-lived; we dated for only a month.
Pronunciation: dhal·e·ance
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Ailurophile:
  • A cat-lover.
In a sentence:
  • My wife's the biggest ailurophile you'll meet; she adopted six cats last year.
Pronunciation: eye·ur·ophil
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Sempiternal:
  • Eternal.
In a sentence:
  • Many scientists agree that the universe is sempiternally sized.
Pronunciation: sem·pee·turn·ul
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Summery:
  • Light, delicate or warm and sunny..
In a sentence:
  • The summery day at the beach allowed me to get a much-needed tan.
Pronunciation: sum·er·e
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Supine:
  • Lying face upwards.
In a sentence:
  • She was lying supine on the beach chair gazing at the sky.
Pronunciation: soo·pan
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What's the use of using a new word that 90% of your audience won't know? Just to be pretentious?
 
What's the use of using a new word that 90% of your audience won't know? Just to be pretentious?

I have no comment.

There are a plethora of uses and reasons in expanding one's vocabulary.
 
oh a plethora?

Plethora
  • A large or excessive amount of something.
In a sentence:
  • There are a plethora of stores to choose from at the mall; forty seven to be exact.
Pronunciation: pleh·thr·uh
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Plethora
  • A large or excessive amount of something.
In a sentence:
  • There are a plethora of stores to choose from at the mall; forty seven to be exact.
Pronunciation: pleh·thr·uh
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That's not what I meant, I'm speaking of the irony before, when I asked if it was to be pretentious. So yes.
 
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