- hectoring - talking in a bullying way
- reify - making (something abstract) more concrete or real
- ossified - cease developing; be stagnant or rigid
- epicene - of indeterminate gender
- irenic - aiming or aimed at peace
- oneiric - related to dreams or dreaming
- relict - a thing which has survived from an earlier period/primitive form
- natter - talk casually, especially about unimportant matters; chatter
- wangle - manage to obtain by persuading/cleverly manipulating someone
- bagatelle - a thing of very little importance; very easy task
- polyglot - a person who knows/uses several languages
- luminary - a person who influences or inspires others
- magisterial - having or showing great authority
- importunate - persistant, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion
- coeval - having the same age or date of origin, contemporary
- lapidary - relating to stone/gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, polishing
- jingoistic - characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in form of aggressive/warlike foreign policy
Jun 3, 2020
Word Drop
Been gathering these for quite awhile now and it's still not a hefty list. Been reading a bunch this year, but coming across less new-to-me words for some reason. Faves in bold.
jingoistic - what an appropriate word for these weird and dark days we are in
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I was checking your blog this morning ... wishing to read more words from Always, Amy! ;)
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