"Mellifluous"

In high school, I often listened to mellifluous music after school and work to help me relax before bedtime.

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"Bumptious"

The young man's coworkers were turned off by his bumptious actions and haughty claims.

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"Eleemosynary"

The lady hoped to donate unwanted possessions to various eleemosynary organizations.

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"Ken"

My sports ken is limited--I wasn't good at sports, and never cared to learn much about them in school.

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"Somnolent"

I was feeling rather somnolent after my long walk on Friday.

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"Imbroglio"

It took 15 years for the imbroglio between the former best friends to cool off, and the friendship never was the same afterwards.

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"Gainsay"

School administration just had to gainsay my idea of raising funds to pave the high school parking lot. Instead, any extra money went toward athletics. Go figure.

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