Some Cool Words

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A/N: Here's some of my favorite words!

Vienous - adj. snow-like, resembles snow

Aureate - adj. refers to the flowery words used by poets

Haematic - adj. the color of blood

Avuncular - adj. having traits considered typical of uncles (e.g. jolly, indulgent, stodgy)

Uncouth - adj. unrefined, awkward

Chimerical - adj. imaginary, wildly fanciful, unreal, impossible

Sidereal - adj. having to do with the stars

Recidivism - n. habitual repetition of or return to criminal activity

Vitreous - adj. having the luster of broken glass

Evocative - adj. causing an emotional reaction in the listener or reader

Parlance - n. any particular manner of expressing one self

Pidgin - n. a mixture of different languages

Denouement - n. the final unfolding of a plot; the final resolution or outcome following the climax

Glissando - n. a series of ascending or descending notes played quickly so as to give the impression of sliding from the first to the last note

Immanent - adj. existing within the mind

Anaclitic - adj. dependent on another person

Vulpine - adj. like a fox, fox-like

Tacitly - adj. without words, by implication

Tenuous - adj. held by a thread, flimsy

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