My Favorite Words

I love words. It comes from my love of literature and how words can evoke certain emotions. I'm going to compile a list of my favorite words - some of these words I find fun to say, some have significant meaning, some I love for the imagery that the words bring to mind, and some of them I overuse in daily conversation, etc. I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of my favorites, but these are the ones that immediately spring to mind.

A

Abominable

Absolutely

Abyss

Aesthetic

Affinity

Alluring

Amaranth

Amethyst

Amygdala

Anatomically

Annihilation

Anthropomorphism

Aquiesce

Arsenic

Asphyxiate

Audacious

Autumn

B

Beloved

"Bloody Brilliant"

Breathe

C

Calamity

Cataclysmic

Cathartic/Catharsis

Caveat

Chartreuse

Cinders

Coercion

Conundrum

Convoluted

Crimson

Crystalline

D

Dastardly

Decrepit

Defenestration

Deliquescence

Demure

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Desolate

Dichotomy

Dilapidated

Disambiguation

Dissonance

Divinity

E

Eccentricity

Eclectic

Ecstasy

Effervescent

Elixir

Eloquence

Emerald

Empyrean

Enigma

Ennui

Ephemeral

Epiphany

Equilibrium

Esoteric

Espionage

Ethereal

Euphoria

Eviscerate

Evocative

Exquisite

F

Facade

Facetious

Fantastic

Fascinating (I usually use this sarcastically)

Feign

Filigree

G

Gallivanting

Grostesque

H

Hollow

I

Iconoclast

Idyllic

Imbue

Incandescent

Incognito

Indeed

Indelibly

Indigo

Indubitably

Inebriated

Ineffable

Ingenuity

Insidious

Intuition

Irenic

Ivory

Ivy

K

Kaleidoscope

L

Labyrinth

Livid

Loquacious

Lore

Lucid

Lullaby

Luminescent

M

Maelstrom

Magnificent

Maleficent

Malevolent

Manifestation

Masquerade

Mausoleum

Melancholia

Mellifluous

Mesmerize

Myriad

N

Nefarious

Nemesis

Nephalim

Nonchalant

Norepinephrine

Nosferatu (I know this is a name of a vampire, but I like it)

Nostalgia

O

Oblivion

Occipital

Ominous

P

Pandemonium

Parallelogram (I had a friend in high school who could not pronounce this word to save her life - the word makes me smile now) 

Paraphernalia

Pensive

Penumbra

Percolate

Phantom

Phenomenal

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (Too much fun to say!)

Plethora

Preternatural

Pristine

Q

Quasihemidemisemiquaver

R

Rambunctious

Rejuvenation

Resonate

Reverie

S

Sapphire

Sassy

Sequoia

Serenity

Shenanigan

Solemn

Soliloquy

Stifled

Supernal

Surreal

Sycophant

Symposium

Synchronicity

Synesthesia

T

Tempestuous

Tintinnabulation (comes from one of my favorite poems by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells")

Transcendant

Tumultuous

U

Ubiquitous

Ukelele

Undulate

Unique

V

Vacant

Verbose

Vicissitude

Visceral

Viscosity

Vivacious

W

Whisper

Willow

Winter

Your turn. What are your favorite words?