20 Unusual words to add to your vocabulary

1. Bugaboo: An object of fear, shock, or alarm. An imaginary source of fear.
2. Wackadoodle: An eccentric, fanatical, crazy, wrongheaded, bizarre, or foolish person.
3. Rapscallion: A mischievous person.
4. Philistine: A person who doesn't like or understand the beauty of art, literature, etc.
5. Boondoggle: An unnecessary, wasteful or fraudulent project.
6. Grotesque: Strange or ugly in a way that is not natural.
7. Gobbledygook: A language or a piece of writing that may sound official or brilliant, but is too wordy or meaningless, due to excessive use of technical jargon or complex words.
8. Cattywampus: Going badly, awkwardly, in the wrong direction, or in the unsteady rhythm; disarray or disorder.
9. Bumfuzzle: To confuse, bewilder, or perplex someone by mixing up things.
10. Kerfuffle: Commotion, fuss, noise, chaos, disorder, excitement.
11. Taradiddle: A small, petty, or trivial lie.
12. Zoanthropy: A maniac, psychotic or mental disorder in which a person is in the delusion that they are an animal and acts like one.
13. Doppelganger: A person who is almost identical to the other. A shadow. An evil twin.
14. Kantara: Mysterious, mystical or enchanted forest.
15. Beelzebub: Demon that symbolizes greed or gluttony.
16. Gesundheitspass: A certificate that certifies that a person is in good health.
17. Lampoonery: A work, such as a novel or a play, that exposes folly by the use of humor, making fun of something or someone.
18. Babalas: Drunk, hungover.
19. Breechclout: Loincloth.
20. Obstreperous: Noisy, clamorous, unruly, and difficult to control or deal with.

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