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|[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nudiustertian nudiustertian]||the day before yesterday
 
|[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nudiustertian nudiustertian]||the day before yesterday
 
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|[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pauciloquent pauciloquent]||uses few words in a speech
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|[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pauciloquent]||uses few words in a speech
 
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|[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pernickety pernickety]||placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. ''Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety"''
 
|[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pernickety pernickety]||placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. ''Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety"''

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Interesting words

Words to smuggle into conversations...

bumbershoot an umbrella
juxtapose place or deal with close together for contrasting effect
neologism a newly coined word or expression
nudiustertian the day before yesterday
[1] uses few words in a speech
pernickety placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety"
quorum the smallest number of people needed to be present at a meeting before it can officially begin and before official decisions can be taken
vicissitudes alternation between opposite or contrasting things