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It is so important to broaden our vocabulary! The best way to do this is to READ, READ, READ!!! Encourage yourself to learn as many new words as you can. When you're reading, and you come across a word that you don't understand, STOP AND LOOK IT UP! Don't stop there though! Make sure that you learn that new word, and try to use it some time!
I have found a fun list of vocabulary words that are fun to use, very descriptive, and even fun to say! Try to learn them and use them in your writing and in your speaking!
When you find new words that you'd like to add to this list, email me or submit using this form. Make sure to tell me the word (check that it's spelled correctly) along with the part of speech, and the definition. Please also tell me where you came across this word and how where you found the definition!
agog
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation
argot /AHR•go/
n. a specialized vocabulary particular to a specific group of people
bilge
stupid talk or writing; nonsense
blatherskite
a person given to voluble, empty talk
blooter
a fool; an oaf; a blunderer
bloviate
to speak pompously
cantankerous
ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
churlish
boorish; rude
circumlocution /sir•kum•low•KYOO•shun/
n. using many words to express an idea that could be expressed using a few
codswallop
nonsensical talk or writing
confabulist /cun•FAB•yoo•list/
n. a person who likes to chat
curmudgeon
a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person
dumbledore
a busybody
dunderhead
a dunce; a blockhead
excursus /ik•SKUR•sus/
n. a digression, a tangent
flapdoodle
foolish talk; nonsense
foppish
excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner
fuddy-duddy
a person who is fussy or picayune about details
gallimaufry /gal•uh•MAW•free/
n. a medley, a hodgepodge, a potpourri
incubus
someone who depresses or worries others
jabberwocky
an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words
jejune
not interesting; dull
jobbernowl
a blockhead
Luddite
one who opposes technical or technological change
lugubrious
mournful, dismal, or gloomy
maunder /MON•dur/
v. to talk incoherently; to ramble
mendacious
dishonest; lying; untruthful
meretricious /mer•uh•TRISH•us/
adj. falsely attractive
morose
sullenly melancholy; gloomy
myrmidon /MUR•muh•don/
n. a faithful follower who follows commands without questioning them
nebbish
a person regarded as weak-willed or timid
nefarious
extremely wicked or villainous
ninnyhammer
a fool or simpleton
nitpick
to criticize by focusing on inconsequential details
nitwit
a slow-witted, stupid, or foolish person
palter
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully
panjandrum /pan•JAN•drum/
n. a self-important, overbearing or pompous person
pawky
shrewd and cunning
pellucid /puh•LOO•sid/
adj. transparent, clear; easily understandable
perspicacious
having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning
pettifogger
one who raises annoying petty objections
poltroon
characterized by complete cowardliness
popinjay
a vain and talkative person
pugnacious
eager or quick to quarrel or fight
raillery /RAY•luh•ree/
n. good-humored banter or teasing
rapscallion
one who is playfully mischievous; a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
sagacious
acutely insightful and wise
salmagundi /sal•muh•GUN•dee/
n. a mixture, an assortment, a potpourri
snollygoster
a clever, unscrupulous person
supercilious
having or showing arrogant superiority to, and disdain of, those one views as unworthy
surly
unfriendly or hostile
tendentious
having or showing a bias
tergiversation /tur•jiv•ur•SAY•shun/
n. the act of being deliberately ambiguous or evasive
terse
concise; brief and pithy
turbid /TUR•bid/
adj. disturbed, disordered, confused
umbrage
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
vainglorious
characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful
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