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Welcome to a regularly updated lexicon of words to expand your vocabulary. Take a look around. Each word is tagged, both with itself and its synonyms. Have a favourite word you wish to share? Submit below!

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lacuna

noun /luh-kyoo-nuh/

a blank space, a missing part

there was a lacuna in her vocabulary that she blamed entirely for her writer's block

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frenetic

adjective /fruh-net-ik/

frenzied, chaotic

the frenetic crowd surged around them straining their hold

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taciturn

adjective /tas-uh-turn/

habitually silent; rarely talking

she underwent a taciturn stage in her teenage years that shaped how she approached her later life

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Top ten words to use more often in 2014

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i. Petrichor ii. Arcane iii. Frangible iv. Nascent v. Brevity vi. Insouciance vii. Plethora viii. Ennui ix. Lethologica x. Wanderlust

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nascent

adjective /nay-suhnt/

beginning to exist, recently come into being

what was just a nascent idea a year ago had fledged into a full-grown expedition with four guides, two camels and an end in sight

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umbriferous

adjective /uhm-brif-er-uhs/ casting or making shade his umbriferous personality overshadowed the entire discussion

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favonian

adjective  /fuh-voh-nee-uhn/

soft, mild, gentle: like the west wind

she entered with a favonian grace such that only he noticed her

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interstice

noun  /in-tur-stuhs/

a space between things or parts; an interval in time

he sat there staring over the valley becoming aware of every interstice separating him from his future

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quotidian

adjective  /kowh-tid-ee-uhn/

of daily occurrence; commonplace

her quotidian routine consisted of coffee, cigarettes and watching the hawks circle the meadow for their breakfast

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moiety

noun  /moi-i-tee/

a half of something, one of two equal parts

his favourite thing about them was that their love was split evenly into moieties, such that neither overwhelmed the other

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wanderlust

noun /won-der-luhst/

a strong, innate desire to travel

his wanderlust led him on an illustrious life that spanned many continents and cultures 

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egregious

adjective /ih-gree-jee-uhs/

shockingly bad; outrageous

the pilot's egregious landing led to the worst aviation disaster of the century

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feral

adjective  /fer-uhl/

in a wild state, (either: after just escaping from captivity, or always existing in such a state)

her weekend trip out of the city into the mountains satisfied her feral urges 

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insouciance

noun  /in-soo-see-uhns/

indifference, casual lack of concern

her insouciance enraged the tutor who attempted to demonstrate the importance of the subject at hand

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peripatetic

adjective  /peripəˈtetik/

frequently traveling from place to place

he suffered a peripatetic childhood at the whim of his vagabond parents

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plethora

noun  /pleth-er-uh/

a large or overabundant quantity of something

as the sun shrugged its heavy shoulders below the horizon a plethora of other worlds lit the darkening sky

[derivative: plethoric (adjective)]