OurGirl: 5 favorite words i do not use
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~Anaïs Nin
words i like but never use. its a curse to have a love of words and yet not care enough to learn how to pronounce them. ask walsh. i have a couple of acronyms i mangle on a daily basis.
- unctuous: in this case, full, rich, buttery, oily
- oeuvre: a work of art
- perspicacious: acutely perceptive
- contretemps: a dispute, an inopportune incident
- halcyon: calm, peaceful, prosperous
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five new words for ya'll
1. Trifoliate - to have three leaves
2. Ascetic - Religious freak
3. Quark - elementary particles having electric charges of a magnitude one-third or two-thirds that of the electron.
4. Byzantine - pertaining to Byzantine Era
5. antidisestablishmentarianism - opposition to the belief that there should no longer be an official church in a country
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