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Acclaim

Pronunciation: \uh-KLEYM\

Function:

1. To welcome with loud approval; praise highly
2. A shout or show of approval

Etymology: from Latin acclamare "to shout" from medieval Latin acclamare "to claim."

Chaf

Pronunciation: \chaf\

Function: noun, verb

1. the stiff strawlike part of grains such as wheat, oats, rye
2. to make good-natured fun of someone
3. worthless material; detritus

Etymology: Old English ceaf, from Proto-Germanic *kaf-, *kef-. Chaffinch (Fringilla cælebs) is Old English ceaffinc

Defalcate

Pronunciation: \di-FAL-keyt\

Function: verb

1. to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one's care

Etymology: c 1540, from Latin defalcere, from de- + falx/falcem "sickle, scythe"

Victuals

Pronunciation: \VIT-uhlz\

Function: noun

1. food or provisions, esp. for humans

Etymology: c 1303, vitaylle (singular), from Anglo-French and Old French vitaille, from Late Latin victualia "provisions," noun use of plural of victualis "of nourishment," from victus "livelihood, food, sustenance," from base of vivere "to live." Spelling altered by 1523 to conform with Latin, but pronunciation remains "vittles."

Erstwhile

Pronunciation: \URST-hwahyl\

Function: adjective, adverb

1. formerly; former

Etymology: 1569, from Middle English erest "soonest, earliest" + while.

Tautological

Pronunciation: \taw-TOL-uh-guh-kuhl\

Function: Adjective

1.Unnecessarily or uselessly repetitive

Etymology: by 1620 from tautologic, from Late Latin tautologia "representation of the same thing", from Greek tautologia, from tautologos "repeating what has been said," from tauto "the same" + -logos "saying," related to legein "to say"

Beseech

Pronunciation: \bi-SEECH\

Function: Verb

1. To Ask Earnestly, Implore

Etymology: c 1175, Old English bisecen "to beseech, beg urgently," from be- + Middle English secen "to seek"

Sanguine

Pronunciation: \SANG-gwin\

Function: noun, adjective

1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
2. reddish; ruddy
3. (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
4. blood-red; red
5. Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture.
6. a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings

Etymology: by 1319, "type of red cloth," from Old French sanguin (feminine form, sanguine), from Latin sanguineus "of blood," also "bloody, bloodthirsty," from sanguis "blood." Meaning "blood-red" is recorded from 1382. Meaning "cheerful, hopeful, confident" first attested 1509, since these qualities were thought in medieval physiology to spring from an excess of blood as one of the four humors.

Fey

Pronunciation: fā

Function: Adjective

1. Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality.

Etymology: Middle English feie, fated to die, from Old English fǣge