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I am an unabashed\u00a0logophile<\/em>\u00a0(n. \u2013 lover of words), and am always on the lookout for ways to improve my vocabulary. As I\u2019ve begun writing more and more, I\u2019ve noticed that I track in the same semantic<\/em> (adj. \u2013 pertaining to meaning of words), pathways \u2013 a kind of syntactical<\/em> (adj. \u2013 pertaining to the study of rules for the formation of sentences), regression toward the mean.\u00a0A good word can transform your palaver<\/em> (n. \u2013 profuse and idle talk), into poetry.<\/p>\n

So here are ten more great words you should know and use, (Part 01 is found here<\/a>). Chances are you have some of them in your regular rotation, but there might be something here you can use. My criteria are: 1) The word must be just a bit out of the mainstream \u2013 something you don\u2019t typically hear in normal day to day usage. These are nerdy words, 2200 SAT words. 2) The word must have some utility in everyday conversation or writing. They would provide color and precision in our normal topics of conversation. 3) The wildcard. The word must be fun to say. Some words really roll off the tongue. Say magniloquent\u00a0<\/em>out loud and tell me that\u2019s not fun.<\/p>\n

Cabal<\/span> \u2013 a small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests. (The infamous cabal known as the Pentaverate consists of: The Queen, The Vatican, The Getty\u2019s, The Rothchild\u2019s, and Colonel Sanders before he went tets up.)<\/p>\n

Laconic<\/span> \u2013 concise, using only a few words. (Clint Eastwood\u2019s laconic style is legendary.)<\/p>\n

Alacrity<\/span> \u2013 cheerful promptness without reluctance, readiness. (Kristen Chenowith\u2019s alacrity is appealing to some, annoying to others.)<\/p>\n

Magniloquent<\/span> \u2013 boastful, pompous. Bombastic language. (Rush Limbaugh\u2019s magniloquent style no longer interests me.)<\/p>\n

Lugubrious<\/span> \u2013 mournful, dismal, gloomy (Andy Roony\u2019s lugubrious commentary was oddly entertaining.)<\/p>\n

Ken<\/span> \u2013 range of knowledge (The vice presidential candidate was working with concepts beyond her ken.)<\/p>\n

Inured<\/span> \u2013 accustomed to a hardship or pain, hardened. (The coal miners trudged on inured to the dark and cold environment.)<\/p>\n

Pedantic<\/span> \u2013 ostentatious in one\u2019s learning, too narrowly focused, trivial. (The pastor\u2019s pedantic sermons bored his parishioners to death.)<\/p>\n

Banal<\/span> \u2013 devoid of freshness, originality, trite. (They tried the same banal arguments and lost once again.)<\/p>\n

Ribald<\/span> \u2013 vulgar, indecent, obscene. (Seth MacFarlane is beloved for his ribald character Peter Griffin.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"