Some of these I looked up because I did not know them at all, some because I was curious about their etymology, and of some I wanted their definition as evidence for a discussion about a linguistic matter. Here they are, in chronological order (beginning with the most recent) of when I looked them up:

• Utopia
• Vegetarian
• Chimera
• Palimpsest
• Slatternly
• Piranesi
• Fascism
• Flâneur
• Brinjal
• Oomancy
• Grocery
• Electrocute
• Minister
• Spat
• -fu
• Epithet
• Object lesson
• Gormulous
• Helicopter
• Parochial
• Imprecatory
• Anagnorisis
• Lumbago
• Parochialism
• Phenocryst
• Hypnagogic
• Durance
• Casuistry
• No problem
• Atavism
• Lüne
• Invidious
• Divagation
• Thunderstorm
• Apotropaic
• Clepsydra
• Chary
• Hemiola
• Devotee
• Mentor
• Artesian
• Interlude
• Resplendent
• Octogenarian
• Acromegaly
• Silly
• Pique
• Brethren
• Pizzazz
• Apparatchik
• Importunate
• Chouette
• Acumen
• Mme
• Lambent
• Urchin
• On the nose
• Braütigam
• Physics
• immanently
• Condign
• Phalanstery