Hello everyone,
I could not believe it when I noticed that it is almost an entire year since I last did a post on the Vocabulary Builder, which is a very useful though well hidden Easter egg for anyone who owns a Kindle.
It allows you to store all of the words that have looked up the definition for while reading. They automatically appear there once highlighted, and you can review, study, and master the words at a later date.
Here are eight more of the words the I have added to the Vocabulary Builder – some of them are very obscure! Definitions from Oxford Dictionaries…
Word: Trousseau
Definition: The clothes, linen, and other belongings collected by a bride for her marriage.
Word: Carom
Definition: A game originating in North America that resembles billiards, played on a table without pockets and depending on cannons for scoring.
Word: Cannoli
Definition: A dessert consisting of small deep fried pastry tubes with a creamy filling, typically of sweetened ricotta cheese.
Word: Ramekin
Definition: A small dish for baking and serving an individual portion of food.
Word: Immolate
Definition: To kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning.
Word: Bezique
Definition: A trick-taking card game for two people, played with a double pack of 64 cards, including the seven to ace only in each suit.
In the same game, it can also describe holding the Queen of spades and the Jack of diamonds.
Word: Maraschino
Definition: A strong, sweet liqueur made from small black Dalmation cherries.
Word: Bloviate
Definition: To talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.
Have you come across any of these words? Are any them new to you? Do let me know in the comments!
Happy reading 🙂
Stephen Writes 
Oh, that’s great. I didn’t know you did that segment. I didn’t know most of those words besides Trousseau, Canneloni and Maraschino. 😀
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Thank you, Marion. I’m glad you enjoyed the post 🙂
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I love this idea! I didn’t know any of these words, though I may try and use bloviate everywhere I can now😂
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Thank you, Kira! I’ll look out for bloviate in your upcoming posts!!
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Those are interesting words. I knew only few of them. Thank you for sharing!
P.S. I switched my blog from WP.com to self-hosted WP site. Just in case you can’t see posts, here is link- https://booksteacupnreviews.com
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Love these vocabulary builder posts! It makes me reflect to how much we actually absorb new vocabulary while reading 🙂 and I’ll definitely use bloviate from now on!
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Thank you, Pauliina! I’m glad you enjoy these posts. And yes, ‘bloviate’ sounds rather like another word for mansplaining 😂 I’ll look out for it in your future posts!!! 😉
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Ooh, I love the feel of the words Trousseau and and Bloviate on my tongue! They roll off nicely 😂 Fun post, Stephen!
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Thank you, Dini! Yes some very interesting words there haha 😉
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This is so fun! I use the dictionary function on my kindle all the time but I didn’t know you could save the words that you look up.
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Thank you! Yes, if you go on to your Kindle ‘homepage’ and select the three dots on the top right, vocabulary builder is one of the options on the list!
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Thanks for the post! It is like a word bank…
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Cannoli is the only one i am familiar with
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I didn’t know the games but I knew all the others.
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You’re definitely more eloquent than me, Davida!
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No, I’m just old, so I’ve had more time to learn more words, including antiquated ones!
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