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.
Definitions after the break.
- Impervious — not allowing fluid to pass through
- Sagacious — having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment
- Fornicate — have sexual intercourse.
- Excrescence — a distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant
- Aberration — an unwelcome departure from what is normal, usual, or expected
- Insouciance — casual lack of concern; indifference
- Provenance — the place of origin or earliest known history of something
- Dilapidated — in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
- Confounding — acting against expectations
- Conspicuous — clearly visible
- Ramification — a consequence of an action or event
- Disavowal — deny any responsibility or support for
- Transience — lasting only for a short time; impermanent
- Disparagement — regard or represent as being of little worth
- Onerous — involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
- Recalcitrant — having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
- Outre — unusual and startling
- Implacable — unstoppable
- Comeuppance — a punishment or fate that someone deserves
- Confluence — the junction of two rivers, esp. rivers of approximately equal width
- Ephemeral — lasting for a very short time
- Bequeath — leave (a personal estate or one's body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will
- Indignation — anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
- Incestuous — Involving or guilty of incest
- Conduit — a channel for conveying water or other fluid
- Transcendent — beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience
- Connivance — willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing
- Heinous — utterly odious or wicked
- Indefatigable — persisting tirelessly
- Obsequious — obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
- Obeisance — deferential respect
- Petulant — childishly sulky or bad-tempered
- Egregious — outstandingly bad
- Sycophancy — a person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage
- Volubility — speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently
- Insatiable — impossible to satisfy
- Unruliness — disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control
- Effeminacy — having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman
- Vituperative — bitter and abusive
- Adamant — refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
MORE WORDS YOU WILL NEVER USE: VOLUME 1
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