Fancy Vocabulary Quiz #5

Do you know these fancy vocabulary words?

Definitions primarily based on Merriam-Webster, but modified to eliminate some synonyms and make them more concise.

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Hint	Answer
Something that is out of place in time	Anachronistic
The center of attention, or a thing that serves to direct or guide	Cynosure
A position, person, or object that is prominent	Eminence
Pleasure from the misfortune of others	Schadenfreude
A division between two things, particularly things that are contradictory or mutually exclusive	Dichotomy

Hint	Answer
A unit of two lines in some kinds of poetry	Distich
Something of or relating to the moon, especially used in poetry	Selenian
A powerful whirlpool	Maelstrom
A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable; the reverse of an iamb	Trochee
An alternative form of a gene	Allele