make a list of my favorite words

Today’s words,

1) elegance
2) stature
3) flamboyant

Today’s words are:
1) Enhance
2) Reflection
3) Affection
4) Treasure

1. willow
2. decadence
3. ecstacy (even though I can never, ever spell it!)
4. mystical

So a few words for today, August 2, 2009
1. Shimmer
2. Brilliance
3. Clarity
4. Lustre
5. Opalescence
6. Discover(y)
7. Surrender
8. Zest

Some favourite words…
Aug 1/2009:
1. Serendipity
2. Splendid
3. Ultra
4. Honour
5. Empower
6. Tranquil
7. Serene
8. Seldom

Seems I like several ’s’ words!!

OH MY GOODNESS www.wordie.org is amazing. This is where I will keep/ update my list from now on!

I went through my old journals and came up with a good list to start:

Thaumatolatry- I love the concept and the way it sounds. I love everything about it.
Simile- “the word, ‘Simile’ looks like ‘smile’ and inspires poetry”
rhapsody
ecstasy
endless
refulgent
resplendent
equanimity
catharsis
incandescence
allusion
unbridled
swoon
serendipity
serenity
peroxism
oval
serpentine
genuine
paradigm
willow
solipsism
tangible
absolute
abstraction
casuistry
specious
sentient
occult
propitious
estivate
ambiguity
sylph
magnanimous
undulating
discursive
esoteric
etch
alkaline
eternity
impermanence
vignette
photograph
intertwine
immortalize

My goal is 100. I have 46

apothecary
zenith
ambrosia
artemesia

6. mellifluous

1. snarky
2. schmuck (actually yiddish has a lot of great sounding nasty words)
3. l’angleterre, which is the french word for england, something bound to piss both of them off, which of course puts me in the position of being a stupid yank, and for that matter…
4. yankee in its more original sense as a new englander. a slanderous word that my new england ancestors wore as a badge of honor.
5. serendipity—both what is means and how it sounds