Learn a new (English) word

My sentences:
I have never heard of a stromuhr before. Infact, when I first read the word, I was skeptical about its existance!

I just read that a stromuhr is a rheometer

A rheometer is a laboratory device used to measure the way in which a liquid, suspension or slurry flows in response to applied forces

 

New word: thwart

Meaning:
(1) To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of
(2) To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of

Usage: The city's pest control thwarted the spread of plague by controlling rodents and fleas

Interesting article: Inflatable female toads thwart sex by small guys

 

word: rout

meaning:
1.
a. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
b. An overwhelming defeat.
2.
a. A disorderly crowd of people; a mob.
b. People of the lowest class; rabble.
3. A public disturbance; a riot.

usage:
1. He was forced to rout when his beloved son challenged him.
2. There was a rout outside the celebrety's home after he openly spoke of his disdain towards the political leader

 

word: languish

meaning:
1. To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag2, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken
2. To waste away from longing or grief: pine (away), wither

usage:
1. Unless a new strong leader is chosen, that country will languish in poverty
2. Thinking of your sorrows at all times will cause you to languish

 

New word: sweltering
Meaning:

1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry.
2. Suffering from oppressive heat.
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Usage:

You do not feel any sweltering in the steam room for up to 5 minutes when you step into it after leaving our office room which is freezingly cold due to the thermostat problem in the air conditioner.
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word: punt
meaning:

1. A kick in which the ball is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground.
2. An open flatbottom boat with squared ends, used in shallow waters and usually propelled by a long pole.
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Usage:

My four year old just learnt how to punt with his beach ball.
A cruiser is for one who can afford the luxury, a punt fills in for the ordinary man.
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Word: excruciate
Meaning:

To inflict severe pain on; torture.
To inflict great mental distress on.​

Usage:

After the earthquake, many people who were trapped under the rubble toiled in excruciating pain before they were found by rescue workers
The politician's enemies made new court cases against him in an attempt to excruciate the leader and cause him to lose his political power​