DameiThiessen
Minstrel
I've been told time and time again that my writing is good, but a more advanced vocabulary would make it better. So I'm trying to find some new words to use in my writing.
Tell me, which words are your favourites? (Please include a definition too)
This is my list so far:
Aplomb — perpendicular, straight, vertical; imperturbable self possession, poise or assurance
Unctuous — characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervour, especially in an affected manner; excessively suave, smooth, smug; oily, greasy, like lotion is
Pluvial — rainy
Scurrilous — grossly or obscenely abusive; stupid
Irascible — hot tempered, prone to anger
Bedaubed — soiled heavily
Verisimilitude — the appearance of truth, seeming to be true or real
Interregnum — an interval between two rulings
Pusillanimous — cowardly, lacking in courage
Fanfaronade — swaggering, empty boasting, ostentatious display; fanfare
Esoteric — obscure, arcane
Confute — to over rule by argument, to show or prove to be false
Cosset — to treat as a pet, pamper
Quixotic — having romanticized ideals; chivalrous, impractical
Deprecate — to disprove of; to belittle
Incipient — beginning to appear (“Also, improved diagnostic techniques can alert individuals to incipient illnesses.”)
Pugnacious — combative, quarrelsome
Nomothetic psychology seeks general laws that can be applied to many different people, such as the principle of self-actualization, or the trait of extraversion.
Idiographic psychology is an attempt to understand the unique aspects of a particular individual.
Tell me, which words are your favourites? (Please include a definition too)
This is my list so far:
Aplomb — perpendicular, straight, vertical; imperturbable self possession, poise or assurance
Unctuous — characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervour, especially in an affected manner; excessively suave, smooth, smug; oily, greasy, like lotion is
Pluvial — rainy
Scurrilous — grossly or obscenely abusive; stupid
Irascible — hot tempered, prone to anger
Bedaubed — soiled heavily
Verisimilitude — the appearance of truth, seeming to be true or real
Interregnum — an interval between two rulings
Pusillanimous — cowardly, lacking in courage
Fanfaronade — swaggering, empty boasting, ostentatious display; fanfare
Esoteric — obscure, arcane
Confute — to over rule by argument, to show or prove to be false
Cosset — to treat as a pet, pamper
Quixotic — having romanticized ideals; chivalrous, impractical
Deprecate — to disprove of; to belittle
Incipient — beginning to appear (“Also, improved diagnostic techniques can alert individuals to incipient illnesses.”)
Pugnacious — combative, quarrelsome
Nomothetic psychology seeks general laws that can be applied to many different people, such as the principle of self-actualization, or the trait of extraversion.
Idiographic psychology is an attempt to understand the unique aspects of a particular individual.