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WORDS NO ONE ASKED FOR

WORDS NO ONE ASKED FOR

Ever wanted to sound so prestigious and give yourself that fancy shmancy talk that everyone oggles for? Well you're in luck cuz underneath is a list of a bunch of words I picked out from the dictionary with meanings I could need in my life. Actually no, i just need these words to enrich my vocabulary so my quality of writing could sound like that of a professional. So yeah.

In all seriousness I was actually bored to the point where I looked into a dictionary to look at words. But there was good that came out of it because there were words i never knew existed in the English language.

Double entendre - [doob-bl on-tond-ra] n word or phrase that can be interpreted in two ways, one of which is rude.
Try to come up with an example.

Philistine - adj, n boorishly uncultivated (person) philistinism n
Basically anyone who lacks common knowledge in relation to one's own culture.

Ennui - [on-nwee] n boredom, dissatisfaction

Nefarious - [nif-fair-ee-uss] adj wicked or evil

Perpetual - adj 1 lasting forever 2 continually repeated perpetually adv perpetuate v cause to continue or be remembered
perpetuation n
in perpetuity forever

Percipient - adj quick to notice things, observant

Onerous [own-er-uss] adj (of a task) difficult to carry out

Omniscient [om-niss-ee-ent] adj kNoWiNg EveRyThInG omniscience adj

Omnipresent - adj present everywhere omnipresence n

Omnipotent - adj having unlimited power omnipotence n

Egregious - [ig-greej-us] adj OUTSTANDINGLY BAD

Juxtapose - v put side by side juxtaposition n

Lackadaisical - adj lazy or careless in a dreamy way (is that even possible?)

Insincere - adj showing false feelings, not genuine insincerely adv insincerity n,pl -ties

Curmudgeon - n bad-tempered person

Quinquennial - adv 1 occurring every five years 2 lasting five years

Quintessence - n most perfect representation of a quality or state quintessential adj

Quietism - n passivity and calmness of mind towards external events

Quiescent - [kwee-ess-ent] adj quiet, inactive, or dormant quiescence n

Insuperable - adj impossible to overcome

Infallible - adj never wrong infallibly adv infallibility n

Inflammable - adj easily set on fire
Inflammable means the same as Flammable but is falling out in general use as it was often mistaken to mean 'not flammable'

Infirm - adj physically or mentally weak

Sullen - adj unwilling to talk sullenly adv sullenness n

So there you have it, more than thirty random words that bear strong meaning.

I forgot who said this but a squad member said something along the lines of how funny it was how we handpick words from the dictionary, thinking that we will indeed remember them for good use but end up forgetting them in two minutes. Yeah, this could indeed apply to this. But I made this chapter to let the audience to become aware of strong words out there that can be used to improve the quality of their writing. After all this is a writing story app, who wouldn't be writing.

(Actually thinking about it I guess there are accounts out there that were only set up just to read and comment on stuff but they're irrelevant)

Strong words make a slightly better flow (I made that up). And sure, you can just use simple language and define a sentence instead of using a single word without having someone out there looking up what you just said. *cough* Shakyfruit (Just try not to use big words in one go. The only catch is it may lead you to sound old-fashioned)

But it is important to become acutely aware of the language all around us. Technically i don't think we're all fluent in our primary language. Heck, I learn new stuff about English as time goes on. We all learn something new everyday in relation to language without even thinking about it for what reason. I'd try to put an example but can't think of one atm so.

I don't know where i'm going with this, i just wanted to find a way to make another chapter in the book that i've deserted for a while, but, hopefully some good can come out of this.

Just be passionate with language