What are your favorite English words? by Rebecca Morgan | Aug 23, 2012 | Developing People | 11 comments 11 Comments Richard Hadden on August 23, 2012 at 5:20 pm Obfuscate Pernicious Interstices (my personal favorite) John Schoedel on September 6, 2012 at 5:34 am My favorite words: admonish obsequious opaque obtuse harmonize pretentious ubiquitous (personal favorite) Purva on September 6, 2012 at 6:04 am Emaciate Flummoxed Immaculate Impeccable Impetuous Insinuate Jostle Perseverance Preposterous Diana Schneidman on September 6, 2012 at 6:32 am How about “vacillate”? It sounds vaguely obscene (like a combination of “vaseline” and “going back and forth”) but it’s a perfectly acceptable word. -Diana Connie on September 6, 2012 at 6:52 am Jenny’s ring was quite ostentatious. Connie on September 6, 2012 at 6:55 am Don Quixote was a quixotic fellow. Sizemore Seminars on September 6, 2012 at 7:31 am Here are a few that passed my eyes this week: sycophants inherent resilient obstacles sumptuous peril ~Metha Sizemore Stephanie Slavin on September 6, 2012 at 8:57 am Among my favorite words are: Gi-normous quantum visionary pragmatic equilateral Gary Kagel on September 6, 2012 at 9:16 am Expedient Expedicious Poinient Prodigious ascertain Sharon Stephens on September 6, 2012 at 2:21 pm My favorite words: emancipation fruition hemophiliac obdurant prerogative Karleen on September 7, 2012 at 12:10 pm Exacerbate Onus Generational Plethora Energize
John Schoedel on September 6, 2012 at 5:34 am My favorite words: admonish obsequious opaque obtuse harmonize pretentious ubiquitous (personal favorite)
Purva on September 6, 2012 at 6:04 am Emaciate Flummoxed Immaculate Impeccable Impetuous Insinuate Jostle Perseverance Preposterous
Diana Schneidman on September 6, 2012 at 6:32 am How about “vacillate”? It sounds vaguely obscene (like a combination of “vaseline” and “going back and forth”) but it’s a perfectly acceptable word. -Diana
Sizemore Seminars on September 6, 2012 at 7:31 am Here are a few that passed my eyes this week: sycophants inherent resilient obstacles sumptuous peril ~Metha Sizemore
Stephanie Slavin on September 6, 2012 at 8:57 am Among my favorite words are: Gi-normous quantum visionary pragmatic equilateral
Sharon Stephens on September 6, 2012 at 2:21 pm My favorite words: emancipation fruition hemophiliac obdurant prerogative
Obfuscate
Pernicious
Interstices (my personal favorite)
My favorite words:
admonish
obsequious
opaque
obtuse
harmonize
pretentious
ubiquitous (personal favorite)
Emaciate
Flummoxed
Immaculate
Impeccable
Impetuous
Insinuate
Jostle
Perseverance
Preposterous
How about “vacillate”?
It sounds vaguely obscene (like a combination of “vaseline” and “going back and forth”) but it’s a perfectly acceptable word.
-Diana
Jenny’s ring was quite ostentatious.
Don Quixote was a quixotic fellow.
Here are a few that passed my eyes this week:
sycophants
inherent
resilient
obstacles
sumptuous
peril
~Metha Sizemore
Among my favorite words are:
Gi-normous
quantum
visionary
pragmatic
equilateral
Expedient
Expedicious
Poinient
Prodigious
ascertain
My favorite words:
emancipation
fruition
hemophiliac
obdurant
prerogative
Exacerbate
Onus
Generational
Plethora
Energize