Ambidextrous [ am-bi-dek-struhs ] -- able to use both hands equally well.
Bandersnatch [ ban-der-snach ] -- an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
Chutzpah [ hutz-pah ] -- informal shameless audacity; impudence.
Conundrum [ kuh-nuhn-druhm ] -- 1. a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as: "What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper." 2. a confusing and difficult problem or question.
Funambulist [ fyoo-nam-byuh-list ] -- a tightrope walker.
Infamy [ in-fuh-mee ] -- extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act.
Micawber [ mi-caw-ber ] -- one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune.
Nemesis [ nem-uh-sis ] -- something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.
Obfuscate [ ob-fuh-skeyt, ob-fuhs-keyt ] -- to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy; to make obscure or unclear.
Peregrinate [ per-i-gruh-neyt ] -- to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
Prolixity [ proh-lik-si-tee ] -- a tendency to speak or write at great or tedious length.
Ramshackle [ ram-shak-uhl ] -- loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky.
Ubiquitous [ yoo-bik-wi-tuhs ] -- existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent.
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