![\"vocab.001\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/230\/2015\/06\/vocab.001.jpg\" "\\"Tim")
<\/a>One doesn\u2019t have<\/em> a good vocabulary; one maintains<\/em> a good vocabulary. Evelyn Waugh was right to say, \u201cOne forgets words as one forgets names. One\u2019s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.\u201d<\/p>\nWhen at their best, writers work diligently at the use of language because we know that language lives at the heart of what makes us human. When at their worst, writers work at language in order to sound impressive or smart or ironic or cynical.<\/p>\n
I recommend the former, and these ten words to get you rolling\u00a0again\u2026<\/p>\n
Assiduous<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n[uh<\/em>\u2013sij<\/strong>-oo-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective<\/em>; hardworking and diligent in effort; industrious and persevering at a task.<\/p>\nUse: \u201cGreat risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.\u201d \u2013 William Hurt<\/p>\n
Nefarious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[ni-fair<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective<\/em>; wicked or immoral; despicable; having evil or villainous motivation.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cCharacters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them\u2026 bad people don\u2019t necessarily think they are bad.\u201d \u2013 Jason Alexandar<\/p>\n
Solecism<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[soh<\/strong>-luh<\/em> -siz-uh<\/em>\u00a0m]; noun<\/em>; unconventional or incorrect grammatical construction; flagrant violation of social etiquette (usually for effect).<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cWe live now in the post-aural age, when an unsolicited phone call is, thankfully, becoming more and more understood to be an unspeakable social solecism, tantamount to an impertinent invasion of privacy.\u201d \u2013 Will Self<\/p>\n
Anachronistic<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n[uh<\/em>-nak-ruh<\/em>\u2013nis<\/strong>-tik];\u00a0adjective;<\/em>\u00a0someone or something that belongs to an earlier period of time; outdated or old fashioned; against chronological order.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe next real literary \u201crebels\u201d in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles\u2026 these anti-rebels would be outdated, of course, before they even started. Dead on the page. Too sincere. Clearly repressed. Backward, quaint, naive, anachronistic.\u201d \u2013 David Foster Wallace<\/p>\n
Sagacity<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[suh<\/em>\u2013gas<\/strong>-i-tee]; noun<\/em>; possessing sound judgment, wisdom, or knowledge; intelligent discernment; erudition.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cWe grudge no man a fortune which represents his own power and sagacity, when exercised with entire regard to the welfare of his fellows.\u201d \u2013 Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n
Prosaic<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[proh-zey<\/strong>-ik]; adjective<\/em>; run of the mill; dull and plain; banal or matter-of-fact.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe optimist\u2019s pleasure was prosaic, for it dwelt on the naturalness of everything; the Christian pleasure was poetic, for it dwelt on the unnaturalness of everything in the light of the supernatural.\u201d \u2013 G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n
Impregnable<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[im-preg<\/strong>-nuh<\/em>-buh<\/em>\u00a0l]; adjective;<\/em> strong enough to withstand an attack or challenge; cannot be breeched or taken by force.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cHe was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.\u201d \u2013 Graham Greene<\/p>\n
Diffident<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[dif<\/strong>-i-duh<\/em>\u00a0nt]; adjective;<\/em> timid, shy, or lacking in confidence; yielding and hesitant.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use: \u201cGreat risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.\u201d \u2013 William Hurt<\/p>\n
Nefarious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[ni-fair<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective<\/em>; wicked or immoral; despicable; having evil or villainous motivation.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cCharacters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them\u2026 bad people don\u2019t necessarily think they are bad.\u201d \u2013 Jason Alexandar<\/p>\n
Solecism<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[soh<\/strong>-luh<\/em> -siz-uh<\/em>\u00a0m]; noun<\/em>; unconventional or incorrect grammatical construction; flagrant violation of social etiquette (usually for effect).<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cWe live now in the post-aural age, when an unsolicited phone call is, thankfully, becoming more and more understood to be an unspeakable social solecism, tantamount to an impertinent invasion of privacy.\u201d \u2013 Will Self<\/p>\n
Anachronistic<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n[uh<\/em>-nak-ruh<\/em>\u2013nis<\/strong>-tik];\u00a0adjective;<\/em>\u00a0someone or something that belongs to an earlier period of time; outdated or old fashioned; against chronological order.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe next real literary \u201crebels\u201d in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles\u2026 these anti-rebels would be outdated, of course, before they even started. Dead on the page. Too sincere. Clearly repressed. Backward, quaint, naive, anachronistic.\u201d \u2013 David Foster Wallace<\/p>\n
Sagacity<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[suh<\/em>\u2013gas<\/strong>-i-tee]; noun<\/em>; possessing sound judgment, wisdom, or knowledge; intelligent discernment; erudition.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cWe grudge no man a fortune which represents his own power and sagacity, when exercised with entire regard to the welfare of his fellows.\u201d \u2013 Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n
Prosaic<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[proh-zey<\/strong>-ik]; adjective<\/em>; run of the mill; dull and plain; banal or matter-of-fact.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe optimist\u2019s pleasure was prosaic, for it dwelt on the naturalness of everything; the Christian pleasure was poetic, for it dwelt on the unnaturalness of everything in the light of the supernatural.\u201d \u2013 G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n
Impregnable<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[im-preg<\/strong>-nuh<\/em>-buh<\/em>\u00a0l]; adjective;<\/em> strong enough to withstand an attack or challenge; cannot be breeched or taken by force.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cHe was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.\u201d \u2013 Graham Greene<\/p>\n
Diffident<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[dif<\/strong>-i-duh<\/em>\u00a0nt]; adjective;<\/em> timid, shy, or lacking in confidence; yielding and hesitant.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cCharacters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them\u2026 bad people don\u2019t necessarily think they are bad.\u201d \u2013 Jason Alexandar<\/p>\n
Solecism<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[soh<\/strong>-luh<\/em> -siz-uh<\/em>\u00a0m]; noun<\/em>; unconventional or incorrect grammatical construction; flagrant violation of social etiquette (usually for effect).<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cWe live now in the post-aural age, when an unsolicited phone call is, thankfully, becoming more and more understood to be an unspeakable social solecism, tantamount to an impertinent invasion of privacy.\u201d \u2013 Will Self<\/p>\n
Anachronistic<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n[uh<\/em>-nak-ruh<\/em>\u2013nis<\/strong>-tik];\u00a0adjective;<\/em>\u00a0someone or something that belongs to an earlier period of time; outdated or old fashioned; against chronological order.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe next real literary \u201crebels\u201d in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles\u2026 these anti-rebels would be outdated, of course, before they even started. Dead on the page. Too sincere. Clearly repressed. Backward, quaint, naive, anachronistic.\u201d \u2013 David Foster Wallace<\/p>\n
Sagacity<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[suh<\/em>\u2013gas<\/strong>-i-tee]; noun<\/em>; possessing sound judgment, wisdom, or knowledge; intelligent discernment; erudition.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cWe grudge no man a fortune which represents his own power and sagacity, when exercised with entire regard to the welfare of his fellows.\u201d \u2013 Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n
Prosaic<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[proh-zey<\/strong>-ik]; adjective<\/em>; run of the mill; dull and plain; banal or matter-of-fact.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe optimist\u2019s pleasure was prosaic, for it dwelt on the naturalness of everything; the Christian pleasure was poetic, for it dwelt on the unnaturalness of everything in the light of the supernatural.\u201d \u2013 G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n
Impregnable<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[im-preg<\/strong>-nuh<\/em>-buh<\/em>\u00a0l]; adjective;<\/em> strong enough to withstand an attack or challenge; cannot be breeched or taken by force.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cHe was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.\u201d \u2013 Graham Greene<\/p>\n
Diffident<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[dif<\/strong>-i-duh<\/em>\u00a0nt]; adjective;<\/em> timid, shy, or lacking in confidence; yielding and hesitant.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cWe live now in the post-aural age, when an unsolicited phone call is, thankfully, becoming more and more understood to be an unspeakable social solecism, tantamount to an impertinent invasion of privacy.\u201d \u2013 Will Self<\/p>\n
Anachronistic<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n[uh<\/em>-nak-ruh<\/em>\u2013nis<\/strong>-tik];\u00a0adjective;<\/em>\u00a0someone or something that belongs to an earlier period of time; outdated or old fashioned; against chronological order.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe next real literary \u201crebels\u201d in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles\u2026 these anti-rebels would be outdated, of course, before they even started. Dead on the page. Too sincere. Clearly repressed. Backward, quaint, naive, anachronistic.\u201d \u2013 David Foster Wallace<\/p>\n
Sagacity<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[suh<\/em>\u2013gas<\/strong>-i-tee]; noun<\/em>; possessing sound judgment, wisdom, or knowledge; intelligent discernment; erudition.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cWe grudge no man a fortune which represents his own power and sagacity, when exercised with entire regard to the welfare of his fellows.\u201d \u2013 Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n
Prosaic<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[proh-zey<\/strong>-ik]; adjective<\/em>; run of the mill; dull and plain; banal or matter-of-fact.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe optimist\u2019s pleasure was prosaic, for it dwelt on the naturalness of everything; the Christian pleasure was poetic, for it dwelt on the unnaturalness of everything in the light of the supernatural.\u201d \u2013 G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n
Impregnable<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[im-preg<\/strong>-nuh<\/em>-buh<\/em>\u00a0l]; adjective;<\/em> strong enough to withstand an attack or challenge; cannot be breeched or taken by force.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cHe was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.\u201d \u2013 Graham Greene<\/p>\n
Diffident<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[dif<\/strong>-i-duh<\/em>\u00a0nt]; adjective;<\/em> timid, shy, or lacking in confidence; yielding and hesitant.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cThe next real literary \u201crebels\u201d in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles\u2026 these anti-rebels would be outdated, of course, before they even started. Dead on the page. Too sincere. Clearly repressed. Backward, quaint, naive, anachronistic.\u201d \u2013 David Foster Wallace<\/p>\n
Sagacity<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[suh<\/em>\u2013gas<\/strong>-i-tee]; noun<\/em>; possessing sound judgment, wisdom, or knowledge; intelligent discernment; erudition.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cWe grudge no man a fortune which represents his own power and sagacity, when exercised with entire regard to the welfare of his fellows.\u201d \u2013 Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n
Prosaic<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[proh-zey<\/strong>-ik]; adjective<\/em>; run of the mill; dull and plain; banal or matter-of-fact.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe optimist\u2019s pleasure was prosaic, for it dwelt on the naturalness of everything; the Christian pleasure was poetic, for it dwelt on the unnaturalness of everything in the light of the supernatural.\u201d \u2013 G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n
Impregnable<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[im-preg<\/strong>-nuh<\/em>-buh<\/em>\u00a0l]; adjective;<\/em> strong enough to withstand an attack or challenge; cannot be breeched or taken by force.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cHe was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.\u201d \u2013 Graham Greene<\/p>\n
Diffident<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[dif<\/strong>-i-duh<\/em>\u00a0nt]; adjective;<\/em> timid, shy, or lacking in confidence; yielding and hesitant.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cWe grudge no man a fortune which represents his own power and sagacity, when exercised with entire regard to the welfare of his fellows.\u201d \u2013 Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n
Prosaic<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[proh-zey<\/strong>-ik]; adjective<\/em>; run of the mill; dull and plain; banal or matter-of-fact.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cThe optimist\u2019s pleasure was prosaic, for it dwelt on the naturalness of everything; the Christian pleasure was poetic, for it dwelt on the unnaturalness of everything in the light of the supernatural.\u201d \u2013 G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n
Impregnable<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[im-preg<\/strong>-nuh<\/em>-buh<\/em>\u00a0l]; adjective;<\/em> strong enough to withstand an attack or challenge; cannot be breeched or taken by force.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cHe was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.\u201d \u2013 Graham Greene<\/p>\n
Diffident<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[dif<\/strong>-i-duh<\/em>\u00a0nt]; adjective;<\/em> timid, shy, or lacking in confidence; yielding and hesitant.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cThe optimist\u2019s pleasure was prosaic, for it dwelt on the naturalness of everything; the Christian pleasure was poetic, for it dwelt on the unnaturalness of everything in the light of the supernatural.\u201d \u2013 G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n
Impregnable<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[im-preg<\/strong>-nuh<\/em>-buh<\/em>\u00a0l]; adjective;<\/em> strong enough to withstand an attack or challenge; cannot be breeched or taken by force.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cHe was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.\u201d \u2013 Graham Greene<\/p>\n
Diffident<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[dif<\/strong>-i-duh<\/em>\u00a0nt]; adjective;<\/em> timid, shy, or lacking in confidence; yielding and hesitant.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cHe was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.\u201d \u2013 Graham Greene<\/p>\n
Diffident<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[dif<\/strong>-i-duh<\/em>\u00a0nt]; adjective;<\/em> timid, shy, or lacking in confidence; yielding and hesitant.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cPoetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another\u2026 we like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections \u2014 whether from diffidence or some other instinct.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Robert Frost<\/p>\n
Enervating<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[v.<\/em>\u00a0en<\/strong>-er-veyt ing]; adjective;<\/em> to wear out; deprive of force, strength, or vitality; tend to cause a weakness and fatigue.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cSociety will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules\u2026 it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n
Spurious<\/strong> <\/a><\/h2>\n[spyoo<\/em>\u00a0r<\/strong>-ee-uh<\/em>\u00a0s]; adjective;<\/em> not truly genuine, false; intending to deceive in regard to origin or motivation; counterfeit.<\/p>\nUse:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\nTen Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n
Use:\u00a0\u201cAll nationalistic distinctions \u2013 all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect \u2013 are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them.\u201d \u2013 George Orwell<\/p>\n
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*If you are interested in reading a few more \u201c10 Great Words\u201d posts here are a few links:<\/p>\n
Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 01<\/a><\/p>\n Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 02<\/a><\/p>\n Ten Great Words \u2013 Part 03<\/a><\/p>\n