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Let's Learn Vocabulary with Chris Pine and Zachary...

Abscond: to depart secretly and hide oneself
Anomaly: deviation from the common rule
Zeitgeist: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
Aplomb: complete and confident composure or self-assurance
Lothario: a man whose chief interest is seducing women
Erudite: having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying
Sacrosanct: most sacred or holy; treated as if holy; immune from criticism or violation
Misappropriate: to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement)
Moribund: being in a state of dying; approaching death
Superfluous: exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; not needed
Propinquity: nearness of blood (kinship); nearness in place or time (proximity)
Perturb: to cause to be worried or upset; to throw into confusion
Mercurial: of, relating to, or born under the planey Mercury (Astrology); having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness atrributed to the God Mercury; characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood
Demulcent: to soothe
Euphoric: a feeling of well-being or elation
Euphonious: pleasing to the ear
Paltry: inferior, trashy; mean, despicable; trivial; meager, measly
Milieu: the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops
Statuesque: resembling a statue especially in dignity, shapeliness, or stillness
Pyrrhic: a metrical foot consisting of two short or unaccented syllables
Recalcitrant: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint; difficult to manage or operate; not responsive to treatment; resistant
Hornswoggle: [slang] bambozzle, hoax
Dais: a raised platform (as in a hall or large room)