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16 Words We Should Use More For The Rest of 2016

Expand your vocabulary.

 Maria Nelson
Aug 15, 2016
Santa Clara University
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16 Words We Should Use More For The Rest of 2016
Ohio University Linguistics

I consider myself the ultimate logophile (a lover of words) and I believe that we should all expand our vocabulary as much as we possibly can. Here are 16 words that we should use more for the rest of 2016, either because their meaning is extremely relevant or they are just gorgeous and elegant:

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/151574343683193879/

1. Serendipity

What It Means: finding something good without looking for it

2. Pernicious

What It Means: causing harm or ruin, deadly, fatal


Source: www.nick.com

3. Quaintrelle

What It Means: a woman who emphasizes a life of passion and expresses that passion through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm and cultivation of life's pleasures

4. Hoppipolla

What It Means: jumping into puddles

Source: http://momentsbyali.com/we-want-warmer-days/

5. Celestial

What It Means: pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere

6. Opulent

What It Means: wealthy, rich, luxurious

7. Ethereal

What It Means: extremely delicate, light

8. Quixotic

What It Means: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic

Source: www.peanuts.com

9. Catharsis

What It Means: the purging or release of emotional tensions, especially through kinds of art or music

10. Petrichor

What It Means: the smell of earth after it rains

11. Aurora

What It Means: dawn

Source: www.pexels.com

12. Vivacious

What It Means: full of life and good spirits

13. Amaranthine

What It Means: 1. undying, immortal, eternally beautiful 2. a deep purple red color

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/miadca/purple-amaranthin...

14. Tohubohu

What It Means: chaos, disorder, confusion

15. Meliorism

What It Means: the belief that the state of the world can be improved

16. Scintillate

What It Means: to twinkle like the stars

Source: https://www.reference.com/science/stars-twinkle-pl...

Go forth and use big words.

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