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Good words


I, for one, would love to have a more varied vocabulary in my writing.

Let's post little used but richly descriptive, colorful, precise, playful, lyrical words here for us all to try and work into our writing. I'm not that interested in words that no one has ever heard of... I want my readers to know what I'm talking about... but unusual words are good too.

What are your favorite words?

~nanc

Last edited by nuanc, 1/19/2005, 11:09 am


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Re: Good words


zephyr - a gentle breeze

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Re: Good words


limn - to paint, depict or portray



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Re: Good words


wamble: to move unsteadily
         to feel nausea
          to rumble or growl (stomach)

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Re: Good words


Penultimate - next to last.

(where I finished a lot of my road races back in those running days!)

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discombobulate - to confuse or disconcert

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wonky - shakey, feeble, unstable



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dissemble - to disguise or conceal one's real feelings behind a false appearance.

a very useful word!

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Re: Good words


Obfuscate - to confuse or darken; to perplex or bewilder.


I don't think I would ever use it in my writing, but I love how it sounds emoticon



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reconnoiter - To make a preliminary inspection of; (or....my prefered definition: ) to check out your surroundings.

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