1.21.2009

WordSmith Wednesdays - Part 1

I adore words! Love Love Love them! My friend Rob and I have embarked on the mother of all lists: the Fantastic Word List! I would like to share with you some of them on Wednesdays. Looking over the list it can come across as some GRE vocabulary study guide; makes me think of our flashcards, N.! It's not though really. Some of these words are perfectly ordinary, but they look good, or sound good, or mean something extraordinary.

Perhaps you want to take part? Why yes yes yes! It'll be a few Wednesdays before I get to the end of our list, but start making your own and see if we have already claimed them for ourselves!

The first 50:

Boisterous.
Upholster.
Sanctuary.
Apex.
Kumquat.
Delusional.
Palindrome.
Exhort.
Placate.
Spherical.
Licentious.
Parsnip.
Rutabaga.
Rhinoceros.
Succulent.
Suave.
Iridescent
Metical.
Marsupial.
Emancipation.
Mishmash.
Macro.
Ruckus.
Ravishing.
Incredulous.
Chrysanthemum.
Fluidity.
Superfluous.
Lexicon.
Infinitesimal.
Platitude.
Zeitgeist.
Delicatessen.
Piccolo.
Jubilant.
Penultimate.
Persevere.
Colloquial.
Adamantium.
Persimmon.
Harlequin.
Lackluster
Flabbergast.
Undulate.
Ubiquitous.
Phantasmagoria.
Tomfoolery.
Saunter.
Flapjacks.

Happenstance.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm happy to see that Flapjacks made it on your list.

gabrielle said...

yeah, it's FANTASTIC! :)