Every week we will help build your vocabulary with fun, new words.
Take a look below for this week’s words.
Bumfuzzle
(verb)(rhymes with gum puzzle) – to confuse. “I bumfuzzled my older brother by using the word ‘bumfuzzle'”
Collywobbles:
(noun)(rhymes with Holly gobbles) – pain in the stomach; a bellyache. “Eating all that cake gave me collywobbles”
Frippery:
(noun)(rhymes with slippery) – ornate, flamboyant; an object that is not necessary that is used with speaking, dressing, or architecture. “I don’t like all the frippery that comes with Christmas ”
Vex:
(verb)(rhymes with checks) – to upset a person. “she was vexed by the homework given on Friday”
Widdershins:
(adverb)(nearly rhymes with litter bins) – to move in a wrong, opposite, left-handed, or counter-clockwise direction. “ever since he became our coach, the team has been going widdershins”
