feel like improving your vocabulary?
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libby
19 years agoI always feel like there are so many great words out there that I never use, in my speech and especially in my writing. I decided to make a list of all the words that I need to work into my poetry somehow. I thought if anyone else has any favorite words or similar, they could post theirs too, and we could all benefit in the growth of our vocabulary. Care to try? Here's my (by no means complete) list:
mutate
remnants
pungency
onslaught
filthy
prerogative
asphalt
deceit
dripping
lovely
whisper
absolve
oblige
languid
ferret (as a verb)
giddy
vague
vacant/vacancy
contempt/contemptuous
ragged
refugee
tributary
rot/rotting
abandon
fierce
tepid
chill
blurry
asphyxia
fracture/fractured
satiate
allude/allusions
precious
condemn/condemnation
tint/tinted
liberate
naturalism
transcend
deformity
correspondence
encounter
tranquil
groping
embitter/embitterment
transpire
ethereal
fleeting
evacuate
exodus
consequence -
Void
18 years agovocabulary is really something that people lack these days, it seems as the new generations come we just get lazier and lose more and more words to slang. Unfortunately, I myself don't even have a very good vocabulary; however, I've made due pretty well - people like my writing and my style for the most part. I have found that even with a smaller list of words to use, if used properly you could make something beautiful... Of course I understand your wanting to point that out, and I'm quite confident that if we all put some effort into learning some new words that everyone's talent will shine more brightly. I'm routin for you on this idea! Good thinking:)
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libby
18 years agoI didn't mean to call them uncommon... I meant that I like their sound and think that I personally could use them more. Let's get some more on here! Which words do you all like, whether or not you use them regularly? I'm really interested in which words appeal to people.
P.S. HansRik, I had to whip out the dictionary for conflate, but I'm glad I did!
