If you know me, you know that I love words. When I was younger, I liked using big and cool words because I thought it made me look smarter and enhance the quality of my work, but now as I’m older I like new words for another reason. I find that the quality of my life actually improves with a more extensive vocabulary. I feel as though it is rather difficult to find a precise grouping of words in the English language to describe every scenario. However, the more words you have in your repertoire, the closer you can come to perfectly and exactly explaining what you want to. You may think that these differences are rather negligible, but these supposedly inconsequential disparities make a bigger impact than you may think. In job interviews, when many cliche questions are asked, calling for the same relative answers, I’m going to get the job over another if I can vocalize my response in the most unique and eloquent manner. I may be saying the exact same thing, but if I communicate it in a more engaging way, I win. If something is troubling me in my life and I need to talk or write to get it off my chest, I will feel far more contented if I am able to articulate my feelings thoroughly and fully, as opposed to bearing a miniscule vocabulary, limiting the magnitude of my expression. If I can’t express myself well, I will come across as vague to others and will not be understood. I could be a brilliant person with a breadth of knowledge and ideas at my disposal, but if I cannot fully explain these complex, novel ideas to the degree in which they need to be explained, I am not going to be very productive. I may even have a potentially life changing idea that is forced to remain an ambiguous notion swimming in the depths of my mind because I do not have the means to present it. If I am unable to voice my thoughts and feelings in their entirety because my command of words is less than, I am going to be at a disadvantage in many aspects of my life. Words are important, and to continuously expand one’s vocabulary is crucial. And you can start with these 25 cool & random words (!!!) to start integrating into your quotidian conversations (you’ll most likely seriously confound your friends, but it’s worth it):
- Epopt (noun)- one now knows the mysteries of some secret system
- Fuliginous (adjective)- sooty, dusty
- Subfusc (adjective)- dark, gloomy
- Orotund (adjective)- (of writing) pompous, pretentious
- Petrichor (noun)- a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather
- Otiose (adjective)- useless, indolent, idle, serving no practical purpose
- Salubrious (adjective)- healthy, wholesome
- Pettifog (verb)- to quibble over petty details
- Diaphanous (adjective)- (especially of fabric) light, delicate, translucent
- Imbroglio (noun)- a confusing, complicated, or embarrassing situation
- Nefandous (adjective)- not to be spoken of; atrocious
- Anfractuous (adjective)- circuitous, having many curves and turns
- Solecism (noun)- an irregularity in diction or writing
- Syzygy (noun)- an alignment of celestial bodies
- Phosphenes (noun)- the light and colors produced by rubbing your eyes
- (A personal all-time favorite) Defenestration (noun)- the act of throwing someone out of a window
- Limerence (noun)- the state of being infatuated with another person
- Iconoclasm (noun)- destruction of religious icons and other images or monuments for religious or political motives
- Absquatulate (verb)- to leave abruptly
- Paroxysm (noun)- a sudden outburst of emotion
- Desuetude (noun)- a state of disuse
- Eldritch (adjective)- eerie, uncomfortably weird
- Susurrus (noun)- whispering, rustling
- Concinnity (noun)- (of art and literature) the skillful and harmonious arrangement or fitting together of the different parts of something
- Degust (verb)- to taste food or drink carefully, as to fully appreciate it
