mojo

mojo    [moh-joh]

noun. a power that may seem magical and that allows someone to be very effective, successful, etc.

"The politician needs to get his mojo back if he's going to win the election."

"The new manager must have their mojo working over at the record company. The sales have been soaring."

"How to rebuild your mojo after escaping a toxic workplace?"

inundate

inundate    [In-uh n-deyt]

verb.  to fill up quickly; to flood; to overwhelm. 

"The radio station had been inundated with complaints from listeners."

"Afghanistan is inundated with mines and other explosives left over from decades of war."

"Heavy rain inundated the Houston area with as much as 10 inches of rainfall in just six hours."

elope

elope [ih-Lohp]

verb. run away secretly to get married

"A 16-year-old girl was burned alive by a tribal council in Pakistan for helping a couple elope."

"You promised Countess Rostov to marry her and were about to elope with her, is that so?" - War and Peace

"He eloped with one of the maids."

estuary

estuary    [ES-choo-er-ee] 

noun.  a place where the fresh water of a river or stream empties into the salt water of an ocean 

baguette

baguette    [ba-Get] 

noun. 1) Jewelry. a gem, cut in a long rectangular shape.  2) a long, narrow loaf of French bread.

cannibalize

cannibalize

verb. 1) (of a company) reduce the sales of (one of its products) by introducing another similar product 2) (Of an animal) eat (an animal of its own kind)

"Apple has historically cannibalized products including the iPod with the iPhone, Macs for a short time with iPads and perhaps again with the iPad Pro, and iPads with the iPhone 6/6S+. While Apple has yet to launch a product that cannibalizes the iPhone franchise, we believe that the company realizes that the smartphone as we know it won’t last forever. To this end, we believe Apple will cannibalize iPhone as virtual reality becomes the new screen."

"Female spiders cannibalize courting males."

tamarin

tamarin    [Tam-uh-rin]

The tamarins are squirrel-sized monkeys from Central and South America.