Uncommon Words You Should Add to Your Vocabulary
Planning to expand your vocabulary? These uncommon words would be a good start-up for your word bank.
Here’s a short list of beautiful uncommon words that you can incorporate into your writing.
Apricate
Basking under the sun is such a run-down phrase. Here is an uncommon word that allows you to say that exact same phrase in a shorter and more elegant way.
-I’d like to apricate in an empty school field while sitting next to you.-
Accismus
If the term “pabebe” would be converted into a sophisticated single word, accismus would be perfect! To illustrate, it practically means beating around the bush about what one really feels. Hiding a feeling of excitement that cannot be hidden.
-Her accismus was evident as she rejected the gift her lover was handing her.-
Verisimilitude
This is a more accurate way of naming a thing that is as close to reality as it gets. It is an appropriate word to describe any fiction work, particularly a movie that aims to make the imagined world seem real.
–He laced hints of verisimilitude to his lies which made them so believable.-
Limerence
If cray-cray in love would have a more polite term, Limerence is the word for it. It can also be applied to other contexts other than just romantic love for a person. It can also be used to describe an unhealthy desire for vices and other habits or things that has a chokehold on a person.
-He wouldn’t be special at all if not for the limerence I had for him.-
Hiraeth
Home for most people is a feeling instead of a place. And because it’s a non-corporeal thing, it, unfortunately, fades away. Hiraeth is a word that is used to describe the feeling of longing for a home that is found in what once was. What will never be, and sometimes, what never actually was?
-Her hiraeth for the past was strong for it was the only place in time where she felt safe.-
Which of these uncommon words would you consider your new favorite one?
Everything Maria creates is an honest and sincere expression of who she is. She decorates her free time making things that are close to her heart, like poetry and music. She has a knack for public speaking but prefers to write everything down instead. Because spoken words are fleeting, written ones can outlive us all.