What Are Some of Your Favorite Vocables? Words, Even?

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A few of my favorite vocables, words, even, are the following:

1) [b]per·spi·ca·cious

/ˌpərspəˈkāSHəs/

adjective

having a ready insight into and understanding of things:



2) aus·pi·cious

/ôˈspiSHəs/

adjective

conducive to success; favorable:


3) e·qua·nim·i·ty

/ˌekwəˈnimədē/

noun

mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult
situation:


4) pos·tu·late

verb

suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning,
discussion, or belief:
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What about you? What are some of your favorite vocables? Words, even?

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I have an entire binder in my basement covered in words I like. Off the top of my head:

- bespectacled (adj.) wearing glasses
- myriad (n./adj.) a great number/many
- pulchritude (n.) beauty




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petrichor (n.), a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

zenith (n.), the time at which something is most powerful or successful.

saccharine (adj.), excessively sweet or sentimental.
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I'm a big fan of the word 'defenestration'. Not so much the word itself but definitely just the fact that it exists amuses me greatly.
if we wait until we're ready
we'll be waiting
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Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.
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