The English language is filled with beautiful words, but often times we cycle between the same couple hundred every day. I had a teacher who once told me, "There is no greater super power among mortal humans, than that of language; if you can clearly connect with people through your language, then you will be able to get whatever you want out of life." Now, that might be a stretch: I'm pretty good with my words, and I certainly don't get everything I want, however, I have a very easy time communicating what I do want and what I mean. Here is a list of words, that often get neglected. These words will help the garden of your vocabulary flower, help you get your point across more clearly and precisely, and expand the way you communicate through verbal speech or writing!

Plutocracy (n): A form of government ruled by wealthy.

i.e. Some may argue that America today is somewhat of a plutocracy.

Quintessential (adj.): representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

i.e. She was the quintessential "girly" girl; graceful, beautiful, and materialistic.

Flavescent (adj): yellowish or turning yellow

i.e The flavescent leaves shimmered across drying greens.

Afflatus (n): inspiration/compelling mental force within

i.e The newly budding relationship felt like an afflatus: some divine derivation from the Gods themselves

Bereave (v) : grief of a loved one

i.e The bereaved man wanted to be left alone after his wife's death.

Circumlocution (n): a round about way of speaking that circles around what you really mean to say. Indirect. To use more words than necessary.

i.e. When you've finished your circumlocution, maybe you could just get to the point.

Cosset (verb): to treat as a pet. Coddle

My sister cossets our baby niece, cooing at her and dressing her in frilly onesies.

Stentorian (adj): tone of voice: loud.

i.e. The teacher bellowed in a stentorian call to stop the fight that had broken out in the school yard.

Overweening (adj): presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud.

i.e. He was a brash, insolent, overweening fellow.

Longanimity (n): patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.

i.e. She was blessed with longanimity, that made it possible for her to wake up day after day and work, even after the loss of her brother.

Chimerical (adj): wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic.

i.e. She imagined their relationship with a chimerical romance.

Lucida (n): brightest star in the constellation

i.e. She was the Lucida of his heart.

Corybantic (adj): Frenzied, agitated, unrestrained

i.e. He paced around the house in a corybantic way, unnerved by the loss of his job.

Paean (n): song of praise / joy / triumph

i.e. As he walked his daughter down the aisle, he imagine it would be the exact moment in which a paean would sound, were his life a movie

Acme (n): point at which something is best, perfect, or most successful

i.e. He was regarded as the acme of physical health at school: he had broad shoulders, and muscular arms and stood at a sturdy 6 foot 5.

Albatross (n): seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden as of guilt or responsibility.

(also an oceanic bird)

i.e. It was an albatross of a marriage, draining and exhausting.