[ gas-kuh-neyd ]

extravagant boasting

[ pen-i-trey-lee-uh ]

the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing

[ uh-bis ]

a vast chasm, or a deep immeasurable space or cavity

[ prans ]

to move or go in an elated manner; cavort

[ sol-uh-siz-uhm ]

a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage

[ kuh-rob-uh-reyt ]

confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)

[ muh-tik-yuh-luhs ]

taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough

[ is-muhs ]

a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land

[ puhg-ney-shuhs ]

inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative