Russell Brand Inspired

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A list of words which have I've heard while listening to radio shows and stand-up gigs by the British comedian Russell Brand
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  1. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  2. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  3. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  4. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  5. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  6. adjuration
    a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
  7. affidavit
    written declaration made under oath
  8. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  9. alluvium
    clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
  10. amalgamation
    the combination of two or more commercial companies
  11. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  12. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  13. antiquarian
    of or relating to artifacts or objects from the past
  14. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  15. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  16. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  17. appropriation
    a deliberate act of acquisition, often without permission
  18. apropos
    at an opportune time
  19. arriviste
    an ambitious social climber or status seeker
  20. aspersion
    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  21. atavistic
    characteristic of a throwback
  22. bacchanalian
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  23. bedlam
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  24. bedraggled
    limp, untidy, and soiled
  25. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  26. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  27. bequeath
    leave or give, especially by will after one's death
  28. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
  29. besmirch
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  30. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  31. bohemian
    a nonconformist who lives an unconventional life
  32. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  33. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  34. broil
    cook by exposing to strong heat in a part of an oven
  35. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  36. cacophonous
    having an unpleasant sound
  37. cadaverous
    of or relating to a corpse
  38. canonise
    treat as a sacred person
  39. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  40. carouse
    celebrate or enjoy something in a noisy or wild way
  41. carrion
    the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
  42. cavalier
    showing a lack of concern or seriousness
  43. celestial
    of heaven or the spirit
  44. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  45. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
  46. cipher
    a secret method of writing
  47. coercion
    the act of compelling by force of authority
  48. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  49. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  50. concentric
    having a common center
  51. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  52. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  53. convivial
    occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
  54. countermand
    a contrary order reversing a previous order
  55. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  56. debutante
    a young woman making her formal entrance into society
  57. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  58. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  59. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  60. de rigueur
    required by etiquette, custom, or fashion
  61. derivative
    not original; secondary
  62. despoil
    destroy and strip of its possession
  63. detriment
    a damage or loss
  64. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  65. diffident
    lacking self-confidence
  66. diminution
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
  67. discernible
    perceptible by the senses or intellect
  68. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
  69. dour
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  70. dulcet
    pleasing to the ear
  71. dystopian
    of an imaginary place where life is extremely bad
  72. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  73. ecclesiastical
    of or associated with a church
  74. edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls
  75. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  76. effluvium
    a foul-smelling outflow or vapor
  77. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  78. elysian
    of such excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
  79. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
  80. engender
    call forth
  81. ensconce
    fix firmly
  82. err
    make a mistake
  83. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  84. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  85. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  86. esurient
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  87. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  88. euphonious
    pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident
  89. evanescence
    the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
  90. evince
    give expression to
  91. exalted
    of high moral or intellectual value
  92. expedite
    speed up the progress of; facilitate
  93. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  94. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  95. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
  96. felicity
    state of well-being characterized by contentment
  97. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  98. firmament
    the sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  99. foist
    force onto another
  100. foray
    a sudden short attack
  101. fricative
    of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
  102. frolicsome
    given to merry play
  103. fugacious
    lasting a very short time
  104. funereal
    suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
  105. furtive
    secret and sly
  106. gainsay
    take exception to
  107. gallant
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
  108. gamut
    a complete extent or range
  109. garner
    assemble or get together
  110. garret
    floor consisting of open space at the top of a house
  111. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  112. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  113. gravitas
    formality, dignity, or seriousness
  114. grisly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  115. halcyon
    idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquility
  116. haptic
    relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch
  117. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  118. harlot
    a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  119. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  120. hirsute
    having or covered with hair
  121. humbug
    pretentious or silly talk or writing
  122. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  123. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  124. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  125. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  126. immolate
    kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire
  127. incommodious
    uncomfortably or inconveniently small
  128. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  129. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  130. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  131. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  132. inexorable
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  133. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  134. intangible
    incapable of being perceived by the senses, especially touch
  135. interpose
    introduce
  136. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  137. introspection
    contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
  138. iota
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  139. jackanapes
    someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
  140. jape
    a humorous remark intended to provoke laughter
  141. jocund
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  142. kitsch
    excessively gaudy or sentimental art
  143. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  144. laconic
    brief and to the point
  145. lacrimation
    shedding tears
  146. lament
    express grief verbally
  147. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  148. levity
    feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  149. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  150. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  151. malady
    impairment of normal physiological function
  152. malign
    having or exerting an evil influence
  153. maxim
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  154. menagerie
    a collection of live animals for study or display
  155. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  156. miasma
    unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
  157. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  158. missal
    (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year
  159. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  160. moniker
    a familiar name for a person
  161. moribund
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  162. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  163. moxie
    courage, confidence, and determination
  164. myopic
    lacking foresight or scope
  165. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  166. necessitate
    require as useful, just, or proper
  167. nexus
    a connected series or group
  168. nicety
    conformity with some standard of correctness or propriety
  169. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  170. ode
    a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
  171. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  172. ostracise
    expel from a community or group
  173. outcrop
    the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface
  174. parable
    a short moral story
  175. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  176. paramour
    a lover, especially a secret or illicit one
  177. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  178. patronage
    the business given to an establishment by its customers
  179. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  180. pedantry
    an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
  181. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  182. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  183. peroration
    a flowery and highly rhetorical address
  184. personification
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a human
  185. pith
    the choicest or most vital part of some idea or experience
  186. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  187. poignancy
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  188. precocious
    appearing or developing early
  189. priapic
    resembling or being a phallus
  190. profligate
    recklessly wasteful
  191. propensity
    a disposition to behave in a certain way
  192. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  193. pugnacious
    tough and callous by virtue of experience
  194. quip
    witty remark
  195. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  196. rancid
    having an offensive smell or taste
  197. rapacious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  198. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  199. ratify
    approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  200. rebus
    a puzzle consisting of pictures representing words
  201. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  202. recondite
    difficult to understand
  203. reductive
    characterizing something in an overly simplistic way
  204. rejoinder
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  205. replete
    filled to satisfaction with food or drink
  206. requiem
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  207. retrospective
    concerned with or related to the past
  208. riff
    a jazz ostinato
  209. ringlet
    a small ring
  210. rococo
    fanciful but graceful ornamentation in art and architecture
  211. saccharine
    overly sweet
  212. sanction
    official permission or approval
  213. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  214. savant
    a learned person
  215. scrofulous
    afflicted with scrofula
  216. seditious
    in opposition to a civil authority or government
  217. self-deprecating
    conscious of your own shortcomings
  218. semantics
    the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
  219. sidle
    move unobtrusively or furtively
  220. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
  221. sodden
    wet through and through; thoroughly wet
  222. soliloquy
    a dramatic speech giving the illusion of unspoken reflection
  223. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  224. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
  225. specious
    plausible but false
  226. spectral
    resembling or characteristic of a phantom
  227. spinster
    an elderly unmarried woman
  228. spurious
    intended to deceive
  229. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  230. strident
    being sharply insistent on being heard
  231. subversive
    in opposition to an established system or government
  232. suffuse
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  233. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  234. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  235. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  236. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  237. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  238. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  239. tome
    a large and scholarly book
  240. transgression
    the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
  241. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  242. triumvirate
    a group of three people responsible for civil authority
  243. trope
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  244. unimpeachable
    free of guilt; not subject to blame
  245. unperturbed
    free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
  246. unscrupulous
    without principles
  247. upshot
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  248. vacuous
    devoid of significance or point
  249. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  250. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  251. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  252. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  253. vernacular
    characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
  254. vertiginous
    having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
  255. vestibule
    a large entrance or reception room or area
  256. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  257. waylay
    wait in hiding to attack
  258. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  259. whimsy
    an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
  260. yawp
    make a raucous noise
  261. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  262. zephyr
    a slight wind
  263. zenith
    the highest point of something
Created on Thu Feb 02 06:19:39 EST 2012 (updated Tue May 28 04:43:57 EDT 2013)

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