I wish I was able to retain new vocabulary better. It’s one of the things I think will be most important in my process to becoming perfectly fluent in Spanish.

But taking one step at a time, there are also concepts in English that I’m always sure a word already exists for, I just don’t know it. Or I’ve learned it once, but forget constantly at the most inopportune of moments.

(which reminds me of the Princess Bride. And how those noisy fireworks from July 4th sound like the shrieking eels.

I digress)

So, every once and a while I hope to compile some vocab lists to practice. With my own personal, potentially singly unintelligible definitions.

decorticate = like the peanut

initialism = CIA, not SCUBA

vituperate = f*$^*#&%#$^#* you

cloy = there really is such a thing as ‘too sweet’

dilettante = passionless, flighty, all sorts of awful

callipygean =I know this one, but people don’t use this often enough

obsequious/unctuous = suck-ups and slimeballs

Okay, so maybe some of these are not new. But it’s also fun to share some of my faves. I’ll throw them in every once and a while too.