Six new words I learned from the National Spelling Bee

Smellfungus 
An ill-tempered person who finds fault in everything, taken from Laurence Sterne's A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.

Panjandrum
An important or self-important person, coined by the dramatist Samuel Foote.

Cabotinage
Behavior befitting a second-rate actor, otherwise known as hamming it up for the audience.

Misocainea
An abnormal hatred of new ideas.

Stultiloquence
Senseless babble; foolish or stupid talk.

Sciomancy
Divination by consulting with the shadows of the dead.