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Interesting Vocabulary that you have Read
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13-03-2021 7:20pm#1If you are in this forum then you love to read like I do, so I want to create a thread about words that you come across while reading.
I mean words that might not get used much and they might be cool to share with everyone. What I have been doing recently is putting the words into my phone and then looking at them when I forget about them later perforce! (See Below!
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Just trying to improve my vocabulary and I love learning a new word. Hopefully I am not the only one here and people add their ones that they come across!
The rules (that I just made up !) are as follows...- The word
- Then the meaning
- Then use it in a sentence
- And what book you read it in.
Hopefully people here might think this is interesting and like this idea!
I will start it off.....
"Perforce"
Meaning : It is used to express necessity or inevitability.
Sentence : As my brother has been out of work a year, he is selling his car perforce.
Book : The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson.
"Insouciance"
Meaning : It means having a lack of concern or indifference.
Sentence : He didn't respond to my question so he was a model of laid-back insouciance.
Book : Ladies Man by Richard Price2
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I thought people would like this thread and add to it but as you can see I was wrong!
I will continue anyway as I like new words and its good to keep them all in one place. Eventually someone might add to it too.
These are all from the same book that I am reading at the moment. Erikson uses a load of interesting words!
"Cataphract"
From the context of the book I knew this was something to do with a soldier on a horse
Meaning : An armoured heavy cavalryman or knight.
Sentence : The primary weapon of practically all cataphract forces throughout history was the lance.
Book : The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson.
"Pastoralist"
Meaning : A sheep or cattle farmer.
Sentence : We went to one of the poorest communities and met pastoralist farmers there.
Book : The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson.
"Paucity"
Meaning : The presence of something in small amounts
Sentence : Because of the paucity of our oil supply, we need to seek out other fuel resources.
Book : The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson.0 -
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For some reason the word "paucity" always put me in mind of a fat man with a large, round belly (probably because it's similar to the word "paunch") whereas it should make me think of a gaunt man.
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By the way, the pronunciation of some of those words would surprise you. For instance, "victual" is pronounced "vittle".
Forvo is a great source.
https://forvo.com/word/victual/#en0 -
By the way, the pronunciation of some of those words would surprise you. For instance, "victual" is pronounced "vittle".
Forvo is a great source.
https://forvo.com/word/victual/#en
That's really good. I didn't know that at all. Never would have known it was pronounced that way!!0 -
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First page of the next book, I ran into a new word. That may be a record!
"Indurate"
Meaning : To make hardy or harden
Sentence : Even where there is no plastering, the tattooing may be found to indurate the skin, and to render it less sensible to cold.
Book : Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson.0 -
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I enjoy words, I don't have any particular examples at the moment but I will post them if I find anything interesting.
One point about the book quotes, I would not always agree with the authors that the way the word is used is the best construction. And in some cases they have been sufficiently self-conscious about a word that they have added another phrase to explain it.
For example:Sentence : As my brother has been out of work a year, he is selling his car perforce.
I would have said 'As my brother has been out of work a year, he is, perforce, selling his car.'
I am happy to be corrected on that?
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You only need either moribund or 'will not make it through the night', using both is tautology. (See what I did thereSentence : Because the wounded man has lost a great deal of blood, he is moribund and probably will not make it through the night)
And:The scared cat made a sibilant sound before scratching the little boy.
Noooo! Sentence : The scared cat hissed before scratching the little boy.
Still, agreed, interesting words are worth noting, and enjoying using when you can 0 -
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