| Term | Definition |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning or point |
| praline | a confection of nuts and sugar |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| peloton | the main body of riders in a bicycle race |
| angst | a feeling of anxiety, apprehension or insecurity |
| ninja | a person trained in ancient Japanese martial arts |
| gulag | the penal system of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics |
| cockatoo | any of various large noisy chieflyAustralasian crested parrots |
| dugong | a sirenian mammal of a monotyic genus that has a bilobed tail |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm |
| condor | a very large American vulture |
| lethargy | abnormal drowsiness |
| burrito | a flour tortilla rolled or folded around a filling |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing |