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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Words

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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