Words From Reggie
Who is Reggie you ask? He is our Oxford American Pocket Dictionary that most certainly will not fit in your pocket. Within his 996 pages are all the words we would ever need to write our novels. At each meeting, three words are selected from our faithful companion that we store away in our memory banks to be used in our novels. Here are some of our favorites - use them wisely.
Lurid - vivid or glowing in color.
Flagrant - glaring, notorious, scandalous.
Fissure - an opening, usually long and narrow.
Daft - silly or foolish.
Repugnant - unpleasant, very disgusting.
Executrix - a female executor.
Capricious - Prone to sudden changes of mood or behavior
Maelstrom - a powerful whirlpool or a situation of confusion or upheaval.
Surreptitious - done secretly.
Insensate - without physical sensation, unconcious.
Cavernous - like a cavern (large cave) in being huge or gloomy.
Enamour - be filled with love or admiration for.
Perpetrate - carry out (a bad or legal action).
Perpetuate - cause to continure for a long time.
Propensity - a tendency to behave in a certain way.
Propagate - promote (an idea, knowledge etc.) widely.
Rampant - flourishing or spreading in an uncontrolled way.
Rapturous - feeling or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
Rapt- completely interested or absorbed in someone or something.
Rarefied - understood by a limited group of people with particular knowledge.
Socialite - a personwho mixes in fashionable society.
Harridan - a bossy or aggressive old woman.
Impinge - have an effect or impact.
Lurid - vivid or glowing in color.
Flagrant - glaring, notorious, scandalous.
Fissure - an opening, usually long and narrow.
Daft - silly or foolish.
Repugnant - unpleasant, very disgusting.
Executrix - a female executor.
Capricious - Prone to sudden changes of mood or behavior
Maelstrom - a powerful whirlpool or a situation of confusion or upheaval.
Surreptitious - done secretly.
Insensate - without physical sensation, unconcious.
Cavernous - like a cavern (large cave) in being huge or gloomy.
Enamour - be filled with love or admiration for.
Perpetrate - carry out (a bad or legal action).
Perpetuate - cause to continure for a long time.
Propensity - a tendency to behave in a certain way.
Propagate - promote (an idea, knowledge etc.) widely.
Rampant - flourishing or spreading in an uncontrolled way.
Rapturous - feeling or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
Rapt- completely interested or absorbed in someone or something.
Rarefied - understood by a limited group of people with particular knowledge.
Socialite - a personwho mixes in fashionable society.
Harridan - a bossy or aggressive old woman.
Impinge - have an effect or impact.