Nevada

Maine

A List of Delightful Words (in no particular order, along with three ugly words and two words that don't sound like what they mean)

pugilist anathema palimpsest
fedora porkpie penultimate
antepenultimate cahoots Poughkeepsie
Schenectady gadfly conundrum
filch consternation coagulate
ostensible conduit languid
goad quench slake
quintessential epitome terrestrial (though certainly not extra-terrestrial) quixotic Ishmael
Galilee Guillaume Shiloh
Antietam quandary inchoate
diaspora niche lucid
ripe unctuous poseur
somnambulist preternatural quisling
a cappella mooncalf portent(s)
cantankerous curmudgeon prelapsarian
farcical guano guile
segue fugue echolocation
scurvy beriberi lemur
tapir Liverpudlian Glaswegian
shenanigans bivouac succotash
ricochet tsunami ectomorph
exoskeleton iconoclast galoot
pinochle gibbous shivaree
excoriate boomerang (as a verb) sublime (as a verb)
nocuous antagonym zeugma
endive legerdemain akimbo
lithe svelte scrappy
mallard piebald skewbald
schwa apocryphal enigma
flange anachronism verisimilitude
staccato descant torque
frankenstein (as a verb) snarky shindig
plethora filibuster logy
dais diaspora avuncular
disingenuous




UGLY WORDS


negligible familiarity bureaucracy


WORDS THAT DON'T SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY ARE

limpid pulchritude