nescience \NESH-uhn(t)s; NESH-ee-uhn(t)s\ (noun) - Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.

"The keynote speaker's seeming nescience on the subject of global warming was a tremendous cause for concern to everyone at the...Read More

arrogate \AIR-uh-gayt\ (transitive verb) - 1. To claim or seize without right or justification; to appropriate. 2. To claim on behalf of another; to ascribe.

"When Thelma was approached by the county and asked to sell her...Read More

farrago \fuh-RAH-go; fuh-RAY-go\ (noun) - A confused mixture; an assortment; a medley.

"Appearing on the chat show for the first time, Jenkins was subjected to a farrago of attacks from all sides such that he couldn't ...Read More

ratiocination \rash-ee-ah-suh-NAY-shun; rash-ee-oh-\ (noun) - The process of reasoning.

"Such were the intensity of Henry's thought processes that one imagined that they could almost hear the ratiocination as it proceeded...Read More