swivet - a state of extreme agitation
I think I may have heard this word before, but I'm not going to work myself into a swivet trying to remember for certain. A Kentuckyism, evidently.
favonian - of or relating to the west wind
plausive - manifesting praise or approval
These latter two were from today's Dictionary Devil puzzle. It's my favorite of the Merriam-Webster site's rotation of daily games, and it's usually serves me up with new vocabulary more frequently than the word of the day does. In this case, I was able to guess plausive based on the root plaus, common to both applause and plaudit.
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