Funnopales[noh-pah-les]young tender stem segments of the prickly pear cactus that are used as food.bombastic[bom-bas-tik]high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentiouscopacetic[koh-puh-set-ik]fine; completely satisfactory; OKquibble[kwib-uhl ]an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issueeffervescent[ef-er-ves-uhnt]effervescing; bubblingkerfuffle[kər-ˈfə-fəl]a disturbance or commotion typically caused by a dispute or conflictdiscombobulated[dis-kuhm-bob-yuh-ley-tid]confused, disconcerted, or upsetglare[glair]to stare angrily or shine intenselyhighfalutin[hahy-fuh-loot-n]seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentiousserpentine[sur-puhn-teen]of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movementdevitalized[dee-vy-tuh-lyzd]deprived of strength or vitalitybalif[bay-lif]a legal officer to whom some degree of authority is givensesquipedalian[ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn](of a word) containing many syllablescrank[krank]a handle or lever turned to operate machinery; a person with odd ideasantic[an-tik]a playful trick or prank; caperinsist[in-sist]to state something firmly or demand that something happensbeck[bek]a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someoneenlarge[en-larj]to make something bigger or more extensivefactoid[fak-toid]an insignificant or trivial factpiggyback[pig-ee-bak]to attach or ally to as or as if part of the same thingyuppie[yuhp-ee]a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyleagain[uh-gehn]one more time or repeatedly.snafu[sna-foo]a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situationutopia[yoo-toh-pee-uh]an ideal place or state123→
