It has been a MINUTE since my last Word Junkie drop! Which is funny because I have been reading up a storm this year. You would think I would have come across more new-to-me words. Not so, apparently! I DO, however, have full, full, full Commonplace Books where I have journaled a million beautiful, interesting, well-written quotes, phrases, and words from my reading this year though. Those I like to handwrite ... to savor and to save. Anyway, here's the latest for my Word Junkie collection with faves in bold ...
- concatenated - link things together in a chain or series
- saccade - rapid movement of the eye between fixation points
- hegemony - leadership or dominance
- shibboleth - a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular group of people
- percipient - having a good understanding of things; perspective
- tendresse - fondness
- anodyne - not likely to provoke dissent or offense; or a painkilling drug
- doughty - brave and persistent
- shadenfraude - pleasure derived from another person's misfortune
- rictus - a fixed grimace or grin
- soporific - tending to induce drowsiness or sleep
- imbricate - overlap or cause to overlap
- fettle - condition
- torpor - a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy
- theosophy - teaching about God and the world based on mystical insight
- megillah - a long involved story or account
- interlard - to intersperse or embellish speech or writing with different material
- palaver - unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure
- freshet - a flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow
- pinko - a person with left-wing or liberal views
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