Cathy's Collected Words

ceawords (United States of America)
I've spent the last year or so collecting words. I find them, or I will ask someone for a word they like. Busy making lists on Webster's. I'll share some of these random words on the thesaurus.
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  1. abut
    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  2. adjuration
    a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
  3. adorn
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  4. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  5. alienation
    the act of causing someone to become unfriendly or hostile
  6. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  7. behold
    see with attention
  8. bellow
    make a loud noise, as of an animal
  9. breathless
    not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
  10. brunt
    the main part, especially of a force or shock
  11. charitable
    relating to or characterized by voluntary giving
  12. charity
    an institution set up to provide help to the needy
  13. cherish
    be fond of
  14. cohabit
    share living quarters
  15. confit
    a piece of meat cooked slowly in its own fat
  16. constrict
    squeeze or push together
  17. contemn
    look down on with disdain
  18. contusion
    an injury in which the skin is not broken
  19. copse
    a dense growth of trees, shrubs, or bushes
  20. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  21. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  22. deliquium
    a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
  23. demotic
    of or for the common people
  24. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  25. devotion
    commitment to some purpose
  26. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  27. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  28. distress
    a state of adversity
  29. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  30. duty
    the social force that obliges you to behave in a certain way
  31. dwell
    inhabit or live in
  32. emote
    give expression to, in a stage or movie role
  33. enthrall
    hold spellbound
  34. err
    make a mistake
  35. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  36. feoff
    a piece of land held under the feudal system
  37. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  38. fiefdom
    the domain controlled by a feudal lord
  39. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  40. frowsty
    stale and unclean smelling
  41. gallivant
    wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
  42. genitive
    serving to express or indicate possession
  43. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  44. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  45. imprimatur
    formal and explicit approval
  46. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  47. inhabit
    live in; be a resident of
  48. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  49. justify
    show to be right by providing proof
  50. kiln
    a furnace for firing, burning, or drying porcelain or bricks
  51. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  52. lonesome
    marked by sadness from being by oneself
  53. marshal
    a military officer of highest rank
  54. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  55. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  56. modality
    the manner or style in which something is done
  57. numerous
    amounting to a large indefinite number
  58. obligation
    the state of being bound to do or pay something
  59. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  60. ombudsman
    an official who investigates public complaints or disputes
  61. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  62. palpitate
    beat rapidly
  63. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  64. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  65. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  66. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  67. philology
    the humanistic study of language and literature
  68. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  69. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  70. puissant
    powerful
  71. querulous
    habitually complaining
  72. rakish
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  73. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
  74. redeem
    exchange or buy back for money; under threat
  75. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  76. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  77. satyr
    one of a class of woodland deities
  78. scupper
    drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
  79. seldom
    not often
  80. sire
    the male parent of an animal, especially a domestic animal
  81. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  82. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  83. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  84. testify
    give a solemn statement in a court of law
  85. uxorial
    befitting or characteristic of a wife
  86. verve
    an energetic style
  87. visual
    relating to or using sight
  88. wail
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  89. xylophone
    a bright-toned wooden bar instrument played with hard-headed mallets
  90. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
  91. zebra
    a black-and-white striped animal related to a horse
Created on Wed Apr 04 20:47:35 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Apr 15 19:53:39 EDT 2013)

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