Vocabulary Words

I enjoy language and I enjoy learning new words. Here are some that are not used in every day conversation.

re·vanche (rÉ™-vänch‘, -väNsh‘)
n.

1. The act of retaliating; revenge.
2. A usually political policy, as of a nation or an ethnic group, intended to regain lost territory or standing.

[French, from Old French revancher, to revenge : re-, re- + vengier, vencher, to avenge; see revenge.]

revanchism re·vanch‘ism (-vän‘chÄ­z-É™m, -väN‘shÄ­z-) n.
revanchist re·vanch‘ist adj. & n.
revanchistic re·vanch·is‘tic adj.

Ri·so·ri·al
a.[L. ridere, risum, to laugh.]
Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.

pa·ron·y·mous (pÉ™-rŏn‘É™-mÉ™s)
adj.

Allied by derivation from the same root; having the same stem; for example, beautiful and beauteous.

Ru·gate
a.[L. rugatus, p. p. of rugare to wrinkle, fr. ruga a wrinkle.]
Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. Dana.