Lekiel's Menagerie of Uncanny Words ~

Lekiel · Oct 9, 2018

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Edification - The moral or intellectual improvement of someone. This box scrolls!

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This thread was written for the literary edification of all who would chance upon it ♥

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So. . . I've been challenging myself lately in an effort to improve my writing ^3^

and one of the ways was to expand on my vocabulary. I've found that when compared to established writers, I tend to repeat the same words over and over again, which leaves me feeling rather blasè with my work. Thus, I've made it a point to compile uncommon words that I've come across in a little list and made a conscious effort to use them when I write! Now I know many of these words may not seem all that unique to some of you

but it is to me

!. So anyways, I've been keeping quite a trove in my Private Workshop until the point where it was turning into a disordered mess! Instead of rearranging everything, I thought that I'd use this opportunity to make this public, so that everyone can improve their writing flair along with me

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Hope you guys will appreciate this as much as I do.

~Lekiel

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2058 Dotonbori Initiative - A fictional event about android intelligence development. But you get the point of this word, don't you? Make something up, make it sound like it means something!

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Flickering neon scintillated off the puddles made by the pouring rain, pushing back the dark of night with vibrant coruscating hues. As he stalked his way through the ghettos of Crespasulyx, plastic humanoids beckoned towards the masses from seedy alleyways, beguiling lust with exposed synthetic flesh. He paid them no heed, though his mind wandered. The Dotonbori Initiative of 2058 was perhaps the last coherent law the dystopian Neo-Earth Union had passed. The Initiative required all android manufacturers to install the Hawking Limiter, effectively limiting the synthetic evolution of artificial intelligence. It was the only thing that prevented these machines of alloy and polymer from taking over their fleshy mortal lords.

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Abnegation - Self denial. The act of renouncing/rejecting something.

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Acrid - Unpleasantly bitter or pungent.

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Addled - Unable to think clearly. Confused

Addle - Turn rotten. Produce no chick. (an egg)

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Alliteration - The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

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Altruistic - Showing a disinterest and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.

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Ameliorate - Heal. To remedy a situation. Make something unacceptable, better.

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Ancilla - An aid to mastering something great. Supplementary. Adjunct.
Maidservant.

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Anodyne - Not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull. Bland. Innocuous.

Anodyne - A painkilling drug or medicine.

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Antithesis - A person/thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. Contrast/opposition between things.

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Axiom(s) - Statement(s) or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true. Accepted truth. General truth.

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The axiom that sport builds character....

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B:

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Blasè - Unimpressed with or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before.

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She was becoming quite blasè to the constant jump-scares often found in B grade horror shows.

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Bracing - Fresh and invigorating.

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The bracing ocean air.

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Beguiling - Charming and deceptive. Often in a deceptive way.

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Blustery - (of a wind) blowing in strong gusts.

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Catharsis - the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

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He screamed his soul into the midnight sky. Arms spread wide in catharsis as repressed tears trickled over his cheeks, washing away in the pouring rain.