WORD LISTS

75-cent Words

November 10, 2008 (updated November 20, 2008)
By CaspianRex(Nashville, TN)
Some of my favorite "fancy" words.
ablution
absquatulate
abstemious
bacchanal
cheeseparing
contumely
debacle
dyspeptic
ebullience
epistemology
garrulous
hermeneutics
insensate
insipid
jejune
kinaesthesia
largesse
mellifluous
munificence
niggardly
onomatopoeia
parsimonious
polyglot
querulous
quotidian
raison d'etre
scrimy
sphygmomanometer
transubstantiation
umbrage
vituperation
wanderlust
xenophobia
Yuletide
zymurgy

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Thursday December 18th 2008, 12:10 PM
Comment by: Daniel M.(Sauk Rapids, MN)
Beautiful words!
Tuesday January 13th, 9:34 AM
Comment by: Susan G.
Lovely. Magnificent! Hooray. Joyous.
Monday February 16th, 2:27 AM
Comment by: Kidnurse.(St. Louis, MO)
Beautiful, fanciful, thanks for your list
Sunday March 22nd, 6:10 PM
Comment by: JoAnn T.
Your word lists suggest a proclivity vs origin
in Roman Catholicity {papist} with a hint of medical terminology. Great mix.
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