Peculiar

Maya (while reading Harry Potter): I don't get this work. p-e-c-u-l-i-a-r.

Me: Peculiar. It means just a bit strange. Like someone who only eats spaghetti with chocolate chips. Can you think of something peculiar about you?

Maya: Um, that I am reading at the 4th grade level. 

Me: Yep...that works. (Silently: Let me teach you another word...p-r-e-c-o-c-i-o-u-s.)