apposite-- Sister Jen, Little Brother Matt, and Big Sister Mary

ap·po·site (p-zt) adj. Strikingly appropriate and relevant. See Synonyms at relevant. [Latin appositus, past participle of appnere, to put near : ad-, ad- + pnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.] appo·site·ly adv. appo·site·ness n.

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Sister Jen's and Little Brother Matt's apposite remarks during the sermon when they were in college were not as memorable as Big Sister Mary's fainting.

latibulate -- Kristin

verb
to hide oneself in a corner

Kristin is not the sort to latibulate at a party.

swain -- Isabella

swain  (swn) n. 1. A country lad, especially a young shepherd. 2. A beau. [Middle English, young man, servant, from Old Norse sveinn; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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A citified young lady, Isabella's swain are more likely to heard computer games than sheep. 

iterative -- Jack

it·er·a·tive (t-rtv, -r--tv)

adj.

1. Characterized by or involving repetition, recurrence, reiteration, or repetitiousness.

2. Grammar Frequentative.

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Writing is often an iterative process, an ongoing process of revision, that teenage boys like Jack often don't have the patience for.

opprobrium -- Sam

op·pro·bri·um (-prbr-m) n. 1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy. 2. Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium. 3. A cause of shame or disgrace. [Latin, from opprobrre, to reproach : ob-, against; see ob- + probum, reproach; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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Though I think Sam knows that there is no opprobrium for losing, he hates to lose as much as anyone I know.

penurious -- Willie

pe·nu·ri·ous (p-nr-s, -nyr-) adj. 1. Unwilling to spend money; stingy. 2. Yielding little; barren: a penurious land. 3. Poverty-stricken; destitute. [From Medieval Latin pnrisus, from Latin pnria, want.] pe·nuri·ous·ly adv. pe·nuri·ous·ness n.

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Neither impecunious nor penurious, Willie pinches his pennies because he's heard that it cost two cents to make one penny (which is no longer copper), so he predicts that pennies will go extinct, and that his collection will therefore be worth even more than two cents per penny.

pleonasm -- Hayden

Pleonasm

Use of redundant words

 

Hayden wouldn't say, "I'm very extremely glad to meet you" because that would be an example of pleonasm.

 

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logorrhea -- Lucie

log-ah-REE-ah
adj

Lucie says that in class in previous years she might be accused of loggorrhea, but this year she aims to impress her most awesome teacher.

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frisson -- Mom and Gretchen

fris·son (fr-s) n. pl. fris·sons (-sz, -s) A moment of intense excitement; a shudder: The story's ending arouses a frisson of terror. [French, from Old French fricons, pl. of fricon, a trembling, from Vulgar Latin *frcti, *frctin-, from Latin frgre, to be cold.]

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Mom's high note during her solo aroused a frisson of delight in her youngest grandchild, Gretchen.