Day 78
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acrid
pungent
AK-rid
sharp or pungent to taste or smell; caustic in language or tone
flippant
irreverent
FLIP-uhnt
making jokes about serious matters; characterized by levity
gerrymander
divide into voting districts
JER-i-man-der
to divide an area into voting districts to give unfair advantage to one party
impudent
impertinent
IM-pyuh-dunt
shamelessly bold; impertinent
inconsequential
insignificant
in-kon-si-KWEN-shuhl
not important ; insignificant
libel
non-verbal defamation
LAHY-buhl
defamation by written or printed words etc. other than by spoken words
obligate
compelled
OB-li-geyt
morally or legally bound; compelled
plaintive
mournful
PLAYN-tiv
expressing sorrow; mournful
posthumous
after death
POS-chuh-muhs
happening or continuing after one's death
pungent
sharp
PUHN-juhnt
having a strong or sharp taste or smell
ramify
to be divided
RAM-uh-fy
to be divided or subdivided; branch out
saturnine
gloomy
SAT-ur-nyn
gloomy or serious
synapse
junction between cells
SIN-aps
junction between two nerve cells
travail
burdensome work
truh-VEYL
burdensome work; pain of childbirth
verisimilitude
appearing true
ver-uh-si-MIL-i-tood
appearing true or real