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Other fun words:   

Other fun words:   

*laconic (very concise in expression, the opposite of talk, talk, talk)

*laconic (pronounced: luh-KAH-nik), meaning "very concise in expression"

*cantankerous (irritating to deal with)

*cantankerous, meaning "irritating to deal with"

*truculent (cruel, savage, aggressively belligerent)

*truculent (pronounced: TRUH-kyuh-lent), meaning "cruel, savage, aggressively belligerent"

*insouciance (nonchalance, lighthearted lack of concern)

*insouciance (pronounced: in-SOO-see-ens), meaning "nonchalance, lighthearted lack of concern"

*martinet (mar-tuh-NET): an overly strict person who demands rigid compliance with forms and methods, named after France's King Louis XIV's Lieutenant Colonel Jean Martinet

*martinet (pronounced mar-tuh-NET), meaning "an overly strict person who demands rigid compliance with forms and methods, named after France's King Louis XIV's Lieutenant Colonel Jean Martinet"

Develop the habit of welcoming new words into your vocabulary, and using them.  Beware of the "dumbing down" by others of the vocabulary level of speech, whereby some people only use a few hundred words over and over in order to communicate.  Some public school students have a total vocabulary of at most a few thousand words.  Build yours to where you know and use tens of thousands of words.  You'll obtain better jobs, better friends and greater happiness by learning to enjoy all the powerful words that are out there for our benefit.

Develop the habit of welcoming new words into your vocabulary, and using them.  Beware of the "dumbing down" by others of the vocabulary level of speech, whereby some people only use a few hundred words over and over in order to communicate.  Some public school students have a total vocabulary of at most a few thousand words.  Build yours to where you know and use tens of thousands of words.  You'll obtain better jobs, better friends and greater happiness by learning to enjoy all the powerful words that are out there for our benefit.