bunkum

[buhng-kuhm]

–noun

1.insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents.

2.insincere talk; claptrap; humbug.

ninnyhammer

[nin-ee-ham-er]

–noun

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

supercilious

[soo-per-sil-ee-uhs]

–adjective

haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

edifice

[ed-uh-fis]–noun

1.a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.

2.any large, complex system or organization.

plethora

[pleth-er-uh] 

–noun

1.overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.

2.Pathology Archaic . a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.

 

another interesting word,

and i had only ever heard of the first meaning 

Quaint

[kweynt] 

–adjective, -er, -est.

1.having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.

2.strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way: a quaint sense of humor.

3.skillfully or cleverly made.

 

 i have never had to use this word in writing and i find the spelling rather quaint :P