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Atrabilious's "100 Favorite Words of Mine"

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Rare words, unique words, odd words. How many do you know?

Special thanks is due to the Phrontistery (http://phrontistery.info/). The Phrontistery is a great resource for old, underused words…

If you wish to see the definitions for any of these words, look here (http://www.43things.com/things/view/1560279). Find the posts for "First 50" and "51-100." Definitions and rough pronunciation guides are given. Some other meanings, if they are scientific or technical, may have been omitted.

  1. 1.
    Amoeboid

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    Amphigory

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    Anathema

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    Antediluvian

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    Atrabilious

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    Bellicose

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    Boondoggle

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    Bourgeois

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    Cacogen

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    Camorra

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    Capricious

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    Chauvinist

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    Copasetic

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    Dearth

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    Debauch

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    Delenda

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    Ennui

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    Ersatz

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    Evanescent

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    Exorbitant

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    Facetious

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    Fantod

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    Garrulous

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    Haecceity

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    Hegemony

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    Hoary

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  27. 27.
    Inculcate

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  28. 28.
    Inveigle

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  29. 29.
    Jejune

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  30. 30.
    Jingo

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    Ken

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  32. 32.
    Lachrymose

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    Laconic

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    Lacuna

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    Lecherous

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  36. 36.
    Lethe

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    Libertine

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    Limpid

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    Lucid

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    Lucubration

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    Lurid

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    Mattoid

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    Maudlin

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    Maunder

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    Maverick

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    Mendacious

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  47. 47.
    Miasma

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    Misanthrope

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    Nebulous

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    Oblique

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    Obscurant

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    Obstreperous

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    Opine

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    Panoplied

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    Petulant

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    Phantasmagoria

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  57. 57.
    Phrontistery

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    Pithy

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    Platonic

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    Plebian

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    Poetaster

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    Pontificate

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    Postprandial

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    Prestidigitation

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    Pretentious

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  66. 66.
    Prodigious

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    Proletarian

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  68. 68.
    Puerile

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  69. 69.
    Quagmire

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    Quasi

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    Querimonious

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    Quiddity

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    Quixotic

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    Raconteur

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    Rapacious

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    Rhapsodic

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    Sacrosanct

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    Sang-froid

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    Sanguinary

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    Sanguine

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    Saturnalian

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  82. 82.
    Sisyphean

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  83. 83.
    Skullduggery

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    Soliloquize

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    Sycophant

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    Thaumaturgy

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    Titillate

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    Ubiquitous

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    Ultracrepidate

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    Ululate

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    Unctuous

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    Undulate

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    Vainglory

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    Venal

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    Vituperate

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    Wanton

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    Widdershins

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    Xenium

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    Zaftig

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    Zetetic

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Created by Atrabilious on Jun 24, 2007.