MY FAVORITE WRITING WORDS

MICHAEL F. (United States of America)
Words collected over the years that meet one or more of the following criteria: (1) words that we have read or heard, but may not be able to clearly define if called upon, (2) words that are extremely descriptive of a specific, abstract concept, (3) words that some people occasionally define or pronounce incorrectly (often opposite of the true meaning), and (4) words that simply sound pleasant or have a crisp, descriptive tone.
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  1. acolyte
    a devoted follower or assistant
  2. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  3. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  4. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  5. angst
    an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
  6. antithetical
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  7. aposiopesis
    breaking off in the middle of a sentence
    A SUDDEN AND OR DRAMATIC BREAKOFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE. AS IF SOMEONE WAS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO CONTINUE. ?A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF THOUGHT?
  8. argot
    a characteristic language of a particular group
  9. bohemian
    a nonconformist who lives an unconventional life
  10. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
  11. cachet
    an indication of approved or superior status
  12. caesura
    a break or pause in the middle of a verse line
  13. callow
    young and inexperienced
  14. canard
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
  15. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  16. carapace
    hard outer covering or case of certain organisms
  17. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  18. cathexis
    (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
  19. catholic
    comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes and interests
  20. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  21. chary
    characterized by great caution
  22. conglutinate
    stick together
  23. contagion
    an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
  24. cudgel
    a club that is used as a weapon
  25. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  26. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  27. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  28. eclat
    brilliant or conspicuous success or effect
  29. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  30. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  31. exiguous
    extremely scanty
  32. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  33. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  34. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  35. frippery
    something of little value or significance
  36. fugleman
    a leader and organizer and spokesman
  37. gamut
    a complete extent or range
  38. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  39. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  40. hamartia
    the character flaw or error of a tragic hero
  41. herald
    a person who announces important news
  42. heuristic
    a commonsense rule to help solve some problem
  43. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  44. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  45. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  46. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  47. incommodious
    uncomfortably or inconveniently small
  48. inexorably
    in a manner impervious to change or persuasion
  49. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  50. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  51. ipso facto
    by the fact itself
  52. juxtapose
    place side by side
  53. ken
    range of what one can know or understand
  54. kismet
    fate or fortune
  55. kvetch
    express complaints, displeasure, or unhappiness
  56. laconic
    brief and to the point
  57. languish
    become feeble
  58. luminary
    a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
  59. maw
    the mouth, jaws, or throat
  60. mortmain
    real property held inalienably
  61. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  62. nexus
    the means of connection between things linked in series
  63. obverse
    the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
  64. oracle
    a shrine where a prophet is consulted
  65. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  66. palliative
    moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
  67. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  68. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  69. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  70. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  71. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  72. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  73. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  74. plethora
    extreme excess
  75. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  76. quintessential
    representing the perfect example of a class or quality
  77. rogue
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  78. rubric
    category name
  79. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  80. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  81. sclerotic
    relating to or having sclerosis; hardened
  82. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  83. sibilant
    of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted passage
  84. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  85. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  86. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  87. tabula rasa
    an opportunity to start over without prejudice
  88. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  89. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  90. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  91. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  92. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  93. equinoctial
    relating to when the lengths of night and day are equal
Created on 十一月 1, 2009 (updated 八月 6, 2011)

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