a list of relatively new words (to me)

[fiefoe]

pronate:
    1.  To turn or rotate the hand or forearm so that the palm faces down or back.
    2.  To turn or rotate the sole of the foot by abduction and eversion so that the inner edge of the sole bears the body's weight.

nullipara: (parous)
    A woman who has never given birth.

soigné:
    elegant, polished

infix / tmesis:
    ie "abso-bloomin-lutely"

scrannel:
    slight; lean; poor.   

spate:
    A flash flood or a sudden heavy fall of rain
[syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]

Lucullan:
    Lavish; luxurious.

dropsical:
    swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid

inflatus:
     blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.

ochlocracy:
    mob rule

farouche:
    1. fierce; wild
    2. exhibiting withdrawn temperament and shyness coupled with an air of cranky, often sullen fey charm

Laodicean:
    lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics

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