60 new words with meaning
Here are 60 new words with their meanings:
- Perspicacious (adjective): Having a keen understanding and insight; able to notice and understand things that are not immediately apparent.
- Ennui (noun): A feeling of listlessness and boredom; a lack of interest or excitement.
- Fastidious (adjective): Meticulous and demanding in one's standards; having a strong attention to detail.
- Garrulous (adjective): Talkative and loquacious; fond of talking excessively.
- Heterogeneous (adjective): Composed of different kinds of things; diverse in nature.
- Inscrutable (adjective): Difficult to understand or interpret; mysterious.
- Jocular (adjective): Good-naturedly humorous or playful; joking.
- Kaleidoscopic (adjective): Constantly changing and multicolored; resembling a kaleidoscope.
- Lassitude (noun): A feeling of weariness or lack of energy.
- Melancholy (noun): A feeling of sadness or gloominess.
- Nebulous (adjective): Unclear or vague in meaning or form; lacking definition.
- Obfuscate (verb): To make something unclear or difficult to understand; to confuse.
- Perfidious (adjective): Disloyal or treacherous; having a tendency to betray trust.
- Quixotic (adjective): Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic in a way that is considered unrealistic or impractical.
- Reclusive (adjective): Preferring to be alone or avoiding social contact; solitary.
- Sagacious (adjective): Having keen discernment, good judgment, and farsightedness.
- Tintinnabulation (noun): A ringing or tinkling sound, especially of a bell.
- Ubiquitous (adjective): Present or found everywhere at the same time; widespread.
- Venerable (adjective): Showing respect and reverence; worthy of respect.
- Wistful (adjective): Feeling a sense of melancholy or longing; having a sense of yearning.
- Xenial (adjective): Friendly and hospitable to guests or strangers.
- Yonder (adverb): At a distance; far away.
- Zephyr (noun): A gentle, mild breeze.
- Abstruse (adjective): Difficult to understand; obscure or complex.
- Callipygian (adjective): Having well-shaped buttocks.
- Cacophony (noun): A harsh, discordant sound; a mixture of loud, unpleasant noises.
- Dulcet (adjective): Sweet and soothing; having a pleasant, gentle sound.
- Ephemeral (adjective): Lasting for a very short time; transitory.
- Finesse (noun): Delicacy and subtlety of performance or skill.
- Gossamer (noun): A fine, filmy thread or web; something very thin and fragile.
- Hirsute (adjective): Having a lot of hair; hairy.
- Insouciant (adjective): Carefree and nonchalant; having a carefree attitude.
- Jocularity (noun): Good-natured humor or playfulness.
- Kibosh (noun): A stop or check; a restriction or limitation.
- Lissome (adjective): Slender and flexible; having a smooth, flowing movement.
- Mellifluous (adjective): Having a smooth, rich, and sweet sound.
- Nefarious (adjective): Wicked or evil; having a bad or harmful intention.
- Obtuse (adjective): Dull or stupid; lacking sharpness or quickness of mind.
- Pellucid (adjective): Clear and transparent; easy to understand.
- Quandary (noun): A state of uncertainty or indecision; a dilemma.
- Reclusive (adjective): Preferring to be alone or avoiding social contact; solitary.
- Sesquipedalian (adjective): Using long words; having a tendency to use words that are too long.
- Torsion (noun): A twisting or turning motion; a force that causes twisting or turning.
- Ubiquitous (adjective): Present or found everywhere at the same time; widespread.
- Vigilant (adjective): Watchful and attentive; having a keen sense of awareness.
- Wretched (adjective): Unhappy or miserable; having a bad or unpleasant quality.
- Xanthosis (noun): A yellowish discoloration of the skin.
- Yoke (noun): A frame or harness for joining two animals together; a burden or responsibility.
- Zymurgy (noun): The study of fermentation in brewing.
- Axiomatic (adjective): Self-evident or unquestionable; a statement that is assumed to be true.
- Brouhaha (noun): A noisy and excited reaction to something; a commotion.
- Cacophonous (adjective): Having a harsh, discordant sound; unpleasantly loud.
- Dichotomy (noun): A division or contrast between two things; a sharp difference.
- Ephemeron (noun): A thing that is transitory or fleeting.
- Fustian (noun): Pretentious or bombastic language; empty or foolish talk.
- Garrulity (noun): The quality of being talkative or loquacious.
- Heteronomy (noun): A state of being controlled or governed by external forces.
- Insularity (noun): A state of being isolated or separated from others.
- Jargon (noun): Specialized or technical language; a mixture of words and phrases that are difficult to understand.
- Kintsugi (noun): The art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer, highlighting the brokenness rather than disguising it.
I hope these words help you expand your vocabulary!