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Favorite Words – Special Wednesday Edition!

After a restful holiday break, everyone is back to work (hooray, I think). With that in mind, doesn’t it sometimes seem like Friday is taking forever to arrive? Here’s a little something that we usually do on Fridays to inspire you to finish the week strong – a bunch of our favorite words. As always, don’t hesitate to send us some of your favorite words in the comments section below. And don’t worry; Friday will be here before you know it!

@janni10

braggadocious – overly proud, bragging in excess
taciturn – inclined to silence
voluble – characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words, talkative
mephitic – offensive to the smell
vim – lively or energetic spirit
multifarious – having many different parts, elements, forms
pugnacious – inclined to quarrel or fight readily
milquetoast – a very timid, unassertive, spineless person
vicissitude – regular change or succession from one thing to another
panacea –  a remedy for all diseases, problems, or evils; a cure-all

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  1. karen
    Posted January 27, 2010 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

    Two of my favorite words:

    omphaloskepsis

    kalipygian

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