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Context Clues: Bizarre Words

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    Guess the highly unusual word from the context clues
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  • The room was bright because of the sunlight streaming down from the *abatjour*.
    A window that directs sunlight into a room
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  • That movie was supposed to take place over a thousand years ago, but it was full of *anachronisms*, like Scottish people throwing tomatoes hundreds of years before tomatoes were introduced to Scotland.
    Something that does not belong in a certain time in history
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  • Even though our fights never involved hitting, we exchange many heated words during those *argle-bargles*.
    An argument that uses words
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  • Our teacher was so disappointed in our latest bit of *baboonery* that she said, "You're too smart to be acting like this."
    Behavior that is foolish
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  • He thought his secrets would be safe with me, but little did he know that I had a *blattnerphone* hidden in my pocket recording every word he said!
    A machine that records voices on tape
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  • Don't listen to that *breedbate*. He's just trying to start a fight with you.
    A person who is trying to start a fight
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  • Though our travels will not take us out of the country, we will be going far, so we'll need some sort of *cabotage* to take us to our destination.
    Transportation that goes between two points in the same country
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  • After I told my best joke, the audience's *cachinnation* was so loud that I wanted to cover my ears.
    Laughter that is loud
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  • For her sewing project, she is trying to decide between velvet, *caffoy*, satin, and suede.
    A fabric that is velvety soft
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  • That was the worst blind date ever! All I want is someone with good manners, but instead he was a total *clenchpoop*.
    A person who has bad manners
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  • I like bread as much as you do, but we can't have only bread for dinner. We need a *companage* to go with it.
    Food that goes with bread
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  • The penguins decided that just three birds were too few to rule Antarctica effectively, so they established a *decadarchy* that distributed the power to ten elected penguins.
    A government that is run by 10 people
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  • My mom and my neighbor do not speak the same language, so I served as their *dragoman* so that they could communicate.
    A person who interprets between languages
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  • At last, after many hours searching the wizard's vast library, I have found the ancient *enchiridion* that will teach me how to speak to animals with my mind.
    A book that explains how to do something
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  • When I turned 18, my parents gave me their old house as my *erf*.
    Property that is given to someone's children when they grow up
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  • He may say a lot of things that sound nice, but don't believe a word of that *falsiloquence*.
    A speech that includes lies
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