A list of words that I have recently looked up.

• locavore: one who eats foods grown locally whenever possible.
• endemic: belonging or native to a particular people or country.
• lackadaisical: lacking life, spirit, or zest.
• lyengar yoga: a form of yoga known for its use of props, such as belts, blocks, and blankets, as aids in performing asanas (postures).
• foible: a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior.
• fastidious: difficult to please, showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care.
• obtuse: lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect.
• oeuvre: a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer.
• obdurate: resistant to persuasion or softening influences.
• doula: a woman experienced in childbirth who provides advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a mother before, during, and just after childbirth.