In the past I've written about phrases and sentences that I thought were beautifully written. Today, just off the top of my head, I wanted to list words that are not used too much in writing. I find those words interesting.
--bruit (about)
--feckless
--bromide
--caustic
--egregious
--mollify
--ardor
--emblazon
--dolt
--dollop
--clandestine
--prurient
--ossify
--draconian
--best v.
--dessicated
--favonian
--jovial
--allay
--talismanic
--surly
--unseemly
--cloistered
--restive
--truculent
--jostle
--ecru
--tousled
--vortex
--raiment
--sloth
--xenophobic
--lance v.
--candor
--duped
--lollygag
--dregs
--fungible
--boosterism
--cant
--riled up
--lackey
--dingy
--foist
--underwhelm
--enmity
--effigy
--wraith
--abscond
--curio
--toggle
--rejigger
--percolate
--pummel
--stanch
--gorgonize
--petrify
--pox
--penury
--teeming
--quisling
--cagey
--capacious
--crony
--pounce
--inane
--brouhaha
--Beelzebub
--finagel
--cryogenic
--razed
--rankled
--rom-com
--nosh
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