This list is composed of words that are, quite simply, the best in the universe. Some words have cool meanings, some are delightful to utter... and some are a combination of the two factors.
- Petrichor: a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a period of long, dry weather. Well... it's actually hands-down the best smell in the world.
- Sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important to gain advantage. I know a person who fits this quite well, and the advantage I want them to get comes in the form of a guillotine.
- Ameliorate: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
- Magnanimous: generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival/less powerful person.
- Vexation: the state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried.
- Innuendo: an allusive or oblique remark/hint, typically a suggestive (sexually) or disparaging one.
- Obsequious: obedient/attentive to an excessive/servile degree. It's also one of the most infuriating qualities in a human being...
- Fallacy: a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments.
- Heretic: (1) a person believing in, or practicing, religious heresy. (2) A person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted. Not to be confused with 'heathen': (1) a follower of a polytheistic religion (a "pagan") (2) a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not Christian, Jewish or Islamic) as regarded by those who do.
- Gargantuan: enormous
- Herpetology: the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians.
- Perplex: make (someone) feel completely baffled.
- Psychosis: a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
- Palindrome: a word/phrase/sequence that reads the same backwards as it does forwards. Interestingly, a semordnilap ('palindromes' spelt backwards) is a word that spells a different word when spelt backwards.
- Vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks revenge on the murderer or their family.
- Pneumonia: a lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Wish this one upon your enemies.
- Tuberculosis: an infectious bacterial disease characterised by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues; especially the lungs.
- Majestic: having or showing impressive beauty or scale.
- Complacent: showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.
- Irrefutable: impossible to deny or disprove.
- Unorthodox: contrary to what is usual, traditional or accepted (not orthodox).
- Decomposition: the state or process of rotting/decay
- Cadaver: a corpse.
- Fascism: an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organisation.
- Annihilation: complete destruction or obliteration.
- Desecration: the action of desecrating something (Justin Bieber's contributions to the music industry are a key example).
- Twonk: (British informal) a stupid or foolish person.
- Deranged: mad/insane. One of the most appropriate words used to describe me.
- Pestilence: a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
- Cumbersome: large or heavy, and therefore difficult to use.
- Mortuary: a room/building in which dead bodies are kept, for hygienic storage or for examination, until burial or cremation.
- Crux: the decisive or most important point at issue.
You'll have to forgive the excessive use of medical/disease/morbid words; medical dictionaries and history books are full of alluring words.
- Alluring: powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive.
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