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Earlier this month, Wayne State University released its fourth annual list of ten words worth reviving. In this list, check out selected words from 2009 on.
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Full list of words from this list:

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  1. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  2. bamboozle
    conceal one's true motives from
  3. bloviate
    speak verbosely and windily
  4. charlatan
    a flamboyant deceiver
  5. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  6. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
  7. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  8. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  9. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  10. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  11. Draconian
    imposing a harsh code of laws
  12. ossify
    become bony
  13. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  14. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  15. Schadenfreude
    delight in another person's misfortune
  16. erstwhile
    belonging to some prior time
  17. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  18. frisson
    an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
  19. parlous
    fraught with danger
  20. penultimate
    next to the last
  21. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  22. transmogrify
    change completely the nature or appearance of
  23. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  24. persiflage
    light teasing
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