[ rig-muh-rohl ]

confused, incoherent, foolish, or meaningless talk

[ ur-beyn ]

having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities

[ toh-hoo-boh-hoo ]

chaos; disorder; confusion

[ ken ]

know

[ eg-kawrn ]

a word or phrase that is a seemingly logical alteration of another word or phrase that sounds similar and has been misheard or misinterpreted

[ wurm-hohl ]

a hole made by a burrowing or gnawing worm, as in timber, nuts, etc.

[ mahy-az-muh ]

noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere

[ mi-caw-ber ]

one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune

[ dif-thawng ]

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)