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Good words
I, for one, would love to have a more varied vocabulary in my writing.
Let's post little used but richly descriptive, colorful, precise, playful, lyrical words here for us all to try and work into our writing. I'm not that interested in words that no one has ever heard of... I want my readers to know what I'm talking about... but unusual words are good too.
What are your favorite words?
~nanc
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Re: Good words
zephyr - a gentle breeze
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Re: Good words
limn - to paint, depict or portray
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Re: Good words
wamble: to move unsteadily
to feel nausea
to rumble or growl (stomach)
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Re: Good words
Penultimate - next to last.
(where I finished a lot of my road races back in those running days!)
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Re: Good words
discombobulate - to confuse or disconcert
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wonky - shakey, feeble, unstable
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Re: Good words
dissemble - to disguise or conceal one's real feelings behind a false appearance.
a very useful word!
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Obfuscate - to confuse or darken; to perplex or bewilder.
I don't think I would ever use it in my writing, but I love how it sounds 
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reconnoiter - To make a preliminary inspection of; (or....my prefered definition: ) to check out your surroundings.
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