DECADE'S Last Word Junkie

Although I am certain I will be doing more reading over Christmas Break, these here make up my last installment of Word Junkie collections of the year/decade.  Still wrapping my mind around this being the end of a decade!

Faves in bold ...

• puncheon - a short post; a pointed tool for piercing or working on stone
• bosky - wooded; covered by trees or bushes
• cantabile - in a smooth singing style
• deadfalls - a tangled mass of fallen trees or bushes
• skirling - to make a shrill, wailing sound
• fatuity - stupidity; foolishness
• inamorata - a women with whom one is in love
• withy - a tough flexible branch used for tying, binding, or basketry
• williwaw - a sudden violent squall blowing offshore from mountainous coast
• doxy - lover; mistress
• verdure - lush, green vegetation; a condition of freshness
• suasion - persuasion as opposed to force or compulsion
• hokum - nonsense
• ludic - showing spontaneous and undirected playfulness
• puckish - playful, especially in a mischievous way
• evert - turn outward or inside out
• gabble - talk rapidly and unintelligibly
• fubsy - fat and squat