vokabulary wordz

[calvin1663]

does anyone have any good vocab words they are especially fond of? I'm writing a research paper and have to try to sound smart...

[ChadR]

redolent

pedantic

exacerbate

[bernt]

Laconic is my favorite word.

[ThugLife]

copulation

or to copulate

[whizkit]

didactic

discursive

dialectic

discourse

deconstruction

[Hella Hyphy]

Cretinous. Carcinogenic. Capitulate.

[jeepster]

subcutaneous

undulate

pedantic

lugubrious

[Guest DUM]

gully

brolic

jux

[chinaman_6]

Transubstantiation

[whitney]

aseity .

[Biff15]

im·pe·tus

1.a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life. 2.(broadly) the momentum of a moving body, esp. with reference to the cause of motion.

o·nus

1.a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc. 2.burden of proof. 3.blame or responsibility.

[Appleseed]

circumlocutory

[pavlova cakesworth]

mordant

pharaonic

trimerous

auto-da-fe

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

www.freerice.com

[arem]

I learned a good one yesterday: Haptephobia - Fear of being touched

[whitney]

divagate .

[Pandemonium]

fantasmagoric

[gas prices kill]

ubiquitous

penchant

ostentatious

[ChadR]

micturate is the technical word for peeing

(i make my friends that are girls use that word because I hate it when girls say "I have to pee")

[ilovefriedchicken]

misogynist

parvenue

[camc]

emancipate

myriad (have to use it properly though)

those are my favs.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

anti-establishmentarianism

[st_]

what is the paper on?

[djrajio]

mastication

[Eccles]

floccinaucinihilipipification

[soepom]

ah! i like this thread. some great words thrown up!

amalgamate

my boss is forever using that word. I think I may get that tattooed somewhere on my body

i love amalgamate too haha. there's was a point in my life when i said it all the time.

emancipate

myriad (have to use it properly though)

those are my favs.

i use these two really often as well. are you a social science student?

here's some of mine:

paradigm

idiom

esoteric

diametric opposite

ostensible

purported

postulate

reflexivity

salient

holistic/ comprehensive

myopic

and of course for those who remember:

iterative

use sparingly though. i think good academic writing is about communicating your ideas effectively and elegantly. the vocabulary is only impressive if you've organised your thoughts well.

[cuddlysheep]

superfluous

[b i z z y]

omphaloskepsis

[herpsky]

anti-establishmentarianism

i dunno what that means but that word is written on my julius scarf

[derdankhund]

pendant (alt. definition)

vitiate

demesne

peripatetic

desultory

promulgate

ephemera

puerile

sepulchral