Vocabulary Entry 3 I suppose

10. familiar - convoluted - adjective - intricate and complicated.

10. familiar - crescendo - noun - steadily increasing in volume or force.

10. familiar - debutante - noun - young woman making debut in high society.

10. familiar - deface - verb - to mar the appearance of; vandalize.

11. deference - noun - respect; courtesy.

"I find it funny I was not familiar with this word. I especially find it funny I barely have the deference to look my mother's friend in the eye when said person visits. Fuck him."

12. demagogue - noun - a rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice.

"Edward Norton's character in American History X was quite the demagogue, don't you think?"

12. familiar - verb - to make larger; expand.

13. dilettante - noun - someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic.

"I suppose most would consider me a dilettante for my interest in Boston and the Red Sox but I truly do want to go to graduate school up there."

14. dirge - noun - a funeral hymn or mournful speech.

"I am not fond of the sound of dirges played by organs."

14. familiar - verb - to perceive or recognize.

15. disparate - adjective - fundamentally different; entirely unlike.

"Although my breasts appear quite identical, there are some differences on the nipples which make them entirely disparate."

16. dither - verb - to act confusedly or without clear purpose.

"I often do not dither in the mall for, most of the time, I prefer to go in and out as quickly as possible."

16. familiar - noun - dogma - a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief.

17. dogmatic - adjective - dogmatic - dictatorial in one's opinions.

"You'd think I'd know 'dogmatic' if I was familiar with dogma." "Hitler was dogmatic in his speeches which probably made him so successful for some time."

18. elegy - noun - a sorrowful poem or speech.

"I suppose this word is different from eulogy because it does not have to be heard at a funeral. They sure are similar!"

19. eloquent - adjective - persuasive and moving, especially in speech.

"Wow, I thought this word was a synonym for fancy... yes, I'm retarded."

19. familiar - embellish - verb - to add ornamental or fictitious details.

"Many men tend to embellish a certain physical feature." (I know this breaks the pattern but I just had to!)

19. familiar - enigma - noun - a puzzle; a mystery.

19. familiar - erratic - adjective - wandering and unpredictable.

19. familiar - esoteric - adjective - known or understood only by a few.

20. ethos - noun - beliefs or character of a group.

"The ethos of Christian Scientists seem quite crazy to most outsiders when in reality, their ethos are truly fucked."