And here is your allotment of odd and interesting vocabulary.
aplomb cachinnate shinplaster
gallimaufry kickshaw spume
bricolage toxophilite zowie
diffident antipathy saturnine
comestible chivy sclaff
tortuous celerity balkanize
chicane crazy-quilt operose
rathskeller pell-mell aphelion
esurient comestible quiff
sotto voce pandurate nidificate
voluble clinquant cynosure
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Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Words, Words, Words
More interesting-sounding words that I may or may not ever get to use.
(This may be the last instalment, as I've gone through all of the dictionary.com Words of the Day I had saved.)
gonzo perstreperous pervicacious
verboten timorous hirsute
glabrous cadge collimate
oneiric lodestar cock-a-hoop
truckle aphesis pettifogging
riposte ugsome galligaskins
slake dulcify blatherskite
schatzi chirk moiety
toothsome razz columbine
sciamachy cockalorum geomancy
inkhorn bonnyclabber anagnorisis
(This may be the last instalment, as I've gone through all of the dictionary.com Words of the Day I had saved.)
gonzo perstreperous pervicacious
verboten timorous hirsute
glabrous cadge collimate
oneiric lodestar cock-a-hoop
truckle aphesis pettifogging
riposte ugsome galligaskins
slake dulcify blatherskite
schatzi chirk moiety
toothsome razz columbine
sciamachy cockalorum geomancy
inkhorn bonnyclabber anagnorisis
Sunday, March 23, 2014
A Few More Words
More cool words here.
crepitate senescense picayune
zeitgeber cheeseparing cerebrate
prognosticate billingsgate jingoism
fantod kelpie crepuscule
phantasmagoric skeigh clepe
novitiate commix tenuity
wroth geit wight
slumgullion hardihood lipogram
umbriferous whitherward klaxon
cathexis oeillade sozzled
skosh welkin comport
wamble hornswoggle echt
litigious bosky perspicuous
crepitate senescense picayune
zeitgeber cheeseparing cerebrate
prognosticate billingsgate jingoism
fantod kelpie crepuscule
phantasmagoric skeigh clepe
novitiate commix tenuity
wroth geit wight
slumgullion hardihood lipogram
umbriferous whitherward klaxon
cathexis oeillade sozzled
skosh welkin comport
wamble hornswoggle echt
litigious bosky perspicuous
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
This Month's Vocabulary
A continuation of my interesting word posts.
pratfall rutilant logy
malversation effulgence snood
scrum blighter yawp
edacity fribble scabrous
poetaster bushwa clangor
quillet dreck waif
finagle gibbous doggerel
auspicate serotinal habiliment
peplum anfractuous dissilient
orrery fleer pilose
albedo gangle loblolly
bluestocking picaro tittup
snollygoster trepan blowzy
pratfall rutilant logy
malversation effulgence snood
scrum blighter yawp
edacity fribble scabrous
poetaster bushwa clangor
quillet dreck waif
finagle gibbous doggerel
auspicate serotinal habiliment
peplum anfractuous dissilient
orrery fleer pilose
albedo gangle loblolly
bluestocking picaro tittup
snollygoster trepan blowzy
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Yet Another Compilation of Interesting Words
These posts may not be the most interesting to read (or, too consuming of dictionary-page-flipping time to fully enjoy), but, well, there's still more to the series, and I might as well keep it going.
rectitudinous quittance pollywog
elytron xeric droll
gormless haberdashery spang
phosphene shilly-shally whangdoodle
inveigh preterition melliferous
invective daven quacksalver
nimiety swivet allochthonous
glom gaumless darg
eupeptic impawn pasquinade
imbricate splenetic mordacious
pococurante percipient wuther
abecedarian chuffed lunker
wangle verisimilitude wonk
obnubilate hellion codger
rectitudinous quittance pollywog
elytron xeric droll
gormless haberdashery spang
phosphene shilly-shally whangdoodle
inveigh preterition melliferous
invective daven quacksalver
nimiety swivet allochthonous
glom gaumless darg
eupeptic impawn pasquinade
imbricate splenetic mordacious
pococurante percipient wuther
abecedarian chuffed lunker
wangle verisimilitude wonk
obnubilate hellion codger
Monday, December 23, 2013
More Words To Use and Love
Since the first post didn't quite cover all of my pretty words, I've decided to make a second. The list still isn't comprehensive, but here's more of it.
pelagic versicolor exordium
simper fulgurant violescent
velleity assoil couthie
fabulist parturient hypnopompic
vigorish splendiferous kibitzer
ramose quid brabble
rollick troth intemerate
spleenful balsamaceous word-hoard
celadon erinaceous plotz
Tartuffery mulligrubs wellaway
sententious cruciverbalist jackanapes
austral adiaphorous atavistic
tardigrade apopemptic irrefrangible
draggle fastigiate lollapalooza
pelagic versicolor exordium
simper fulgurant violescent
velleity assoil couthie
fabulist parturient hypnopompic
vigorish splendiferous kibitzer
ramose quid brabble
rollick troth intemerate
spleenful balsamaceous word-hoard
celadon erinaceous plotz
Tartuffery mulligrubs wellaway
sententious cruciverbalist jackanapes
austral adiaphorous atavistic
tardigrade apopemptic irrefrangible
draggle fastigiate lollapalooza
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Words to Use and Love
While my main love is for the stories and sometimes the characters, I have to appreciate the words themselves. Here are a few of my favourites (usually just because of the sound of them), although I haven't always had the chance to squeeze them in naturally.
I was going to provide the definitions in this post, but that might be a little long. As it is, I'm only posting a small portion of my saved words.
spangled brown study apoplectic
etiolated fomite larrup
bespatter torrefy divulse
boffin catawampus ravelment
wowser erubescent cunctation
skylark mantic agnate
asseverate hoary chockablock
impecunious aureate abstergent
nidus melismatic mumpsimus
foofaraw overslaugh sumpsimus
lucubration nervure aliquant
coffle skirr hypethral
malapert bosh deflagrate
incondite hew orectic
So, what are your thoughts? Have any words of your own that have never quite fit in a scene, or are a little too rare for the common reader (and often spellcheck)?
I was going to provide the definitions in this post, but that might be a little long. As it is, I'm only posting a small portion of my saved words.
spangled brown study apoplectic
etiolated fomite larrup
bespatter torrefy divulse
boffin catawampus ravelment
wowser erubescent cunctation
skylark mantic agnate
asseverate hoary chockablock
impecunious aureate abstergent
nidus melismatic mumpsimus
foofaraw overslaugh sumpsimus
lucubration nervure aliquant
coffle skirr hypethral
malapert bosh deflagrate
incondite hew orectic
So, what are your thoughts? Have any words of your own that have never quite fit in a scene, or are a little too rare for the common reader (and often spellcheck)?
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