Silent Letters
Spell this word meaning leftover fragments or ruins
Debris
A repeated event or incident
Occurrence
Croquembouche
French
a public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance.
proclamation
a common medical emergency and a life-threatening acute hypersensitivity reaction
anaphylaxis
Spell this word that refers to a memory aid
Mnemonic
To cause someone to feel self-conscious or awkward
Embarrass
Doppelgänger
German
when someone cannot resist the urge to pull out their hair
Trichotillomania
a loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel
hemorrhage/haemorrhage
Spell the word for a lung infection
Pneumonia
An amateur dabbler in the arts
Dilettante
Typhoon
Chinese
daguerreotype
a gas-filled structure, primarily found in two contexts: in certain types of brown seaweed (algae) and as a rare, benign, gas-filled lesion in bone
Pneumatocyst
Spell this word meaning a small decorative trinket
Knickknack
A nonsense word for a talkative or flighty person
Flibbertigibbet
Apotheosis
Greek
an imaginary spirit of the air.
Sylph
A condition marked by a loss of more than 10% of body weight, including loss of muscle mass and fat, in a person who is not trying to lose weight
Cachexia
Spell this arctic bird whose name begins with a silent “pt.”
Ptarmigan
A musical term for a leaning tone
Appoggiatura
Bungalow
Hindi
relating to or dependent on charity; charitable.
eleemosynary
a form of malnutrition caused by protein deficiency in the diet, typically affecting young children in the tropics.
kwashiorkor