Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Word Collection

By no means a complete list XD Some I enjoy the definition of, others just the sound. Provided definitions for some of the more obscure ones.

flibbertigibbet - flighty, whimsical
kerfluffle
persnickity
enigma
ringlets
xerophagy - a diet of bread and water
verdigris
synaptic
counterpoint
locupletative - tending to enrich
vacivity - emptiness
stiricide - falling of icicles
loreli
amarulence - bitterness, spite, scorn
orchard
wanweird - a strange or unhappy fate
gargalesthesia - sensation caused by tickling
dysania - having trouble getting out of bed in the morning
elegy
sonorus
petrichor - the smell of rain on dry ground
asymptote
phosphenes - the lights when you close your eyes
melliflous
ferrofluid
ripple
palimpsest - paper used after previous writing has been erased
sesquipedelan - prose to using long words
paresthesia - the tingling feeling when a limb falls asleep
cathedral
undulate - tofluctuate, flow
metallic
verdant - bright green
serene
muntin - the strip seperating window panes
lunule - white, crescent-shaped part of nail
absolution
bajulate - to carry a heavy burden
liquify

2 comments:

  1. My Literature professor posts an interesting or seldom used word on the board every class. Once we asked her why she didn't put the definition, and she told us it was because she wanted us to look up the meanings ourselves. :P

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