Monday, 29 November 2010

40 words you will never use vol. 2


Second edition of the compilation of words that most of us either never use or straight up don't know. Coming from my literary wanderings of the past 6 months here is 40 words you will never use volume two.

Impervious ● Sagacious ● Fornicate ● Excrescence ● Aberration ● Insouciance ● Provenance ● Dilapidated ● Confounding ● Conspicuous ● Ramification ● Disavowal ● Transience ● Disparagement ● Onerous ● Recalcitrant ● Outre ● Implacable ● Comeuppance ● Confluence ● Ephemeral ● Bequeath ● Indignation ● Incestuous ● Conduit ● Transcendent ● Connivance ● Heinous ● Indefatigable ● Obsequious ● Obeisance ● Petulant ● Egregious ● Sycophancy ● Volubility ● Insatiable ● Unruliness ● Effeminacy ● Vituperative ● Adamant

Definitions after the break.

  1. Impervious — not allowing fluid to pass through
  2. Sagacious — having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment
  3. Fornicate — have sexual intercourse.
  4. Excrescence — a distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant
  5. Aberration — an unwelcome departure from what is normal, usual, or expected
  6. Insouciance — casual lack of concern; indifference
  7. Provenance — the place of origin or earliest known history of something
  8. Dilapidated — in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
  9. Confounding — acting against expectations
  10. Conspicuous — clearly visible
  11. Ramification — a consequence of an action or event
  12. Disavowal — deny any responsibility or support for
  13. Transience — lasting only for a short time; impermanent
  14. Disparagement — regard or represent as being of little worth
  15. Onerous — involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
  16. Recalcitrant — having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
  17. Outre — unusual and startling
  18. Implacable — unstoppable
  19. Comeuppance — a punishment or fate that someone deserves
  20. Confluence — the junction of two rivers, esp. rivers of approximately equal width
  21. Ephemeral — lasting for a very short time
  22. Bequeath — leave (a personal estate or one's body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will
  23. Indignation — anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
  24. Incestuous — Involving or guilty of incest
  25. Conduit — a channel for conveying water or other fluid
  26. Transcendent — beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience
  27. Connivance — willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing
  28. Heinous — utterly odious or wicked 
  29. Indefatigable — persisting tirelessly
  30. Obsequious — obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
  31. Obeisance — deferential respect
  32. Petulant — childishly sulky or bad-tempered
  33. Egregious — outstandingly bad
  34. Sycophancy — a person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage
  35. Volubility — speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently
  36. Insatiable — impossible to satisfy
  37. Unruliness — disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control
  38. Effeminacy — having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman
  39. Vituperative — bitter and abusive
  40. Adamant — refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind

MORE WORDS YOU WILL NEVER USE: VOLUME 1

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