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132: Useful Words for Writers

The following list of words was pulled from dozens of junk emails (I always read my junk emails — they’re usually more interesting than the unjunky ones). Many of these are actually real words, just very rare. All could have their uses in fiction, especially in the higher forms of fantasy.

afreet

agaze

ahull

avouch

axunge

baboo

bewray

busk

pise

cess

chare

coatee

dicer

dossil

dree

eld

aver

soph

hurra

taluk

adit

dor

elytra

felloe

fossae

ganger

gasper

genet

glaive

gurry

gypsa

hist

hollo

imbrex

ingle

jalap

kail

keeker

loth

luting

morgue

nopal

oakery

oaky

oneman

pant

penes

perse

phut

pilule

pitpat

pleach

pomelo

potboy

pottle

pouchy

puddly

pultun

pyedog

quartn

quire

rappee

riband

roquet

ryot

samp

satis

scop

scree

shewn

sniffy

spruit

stodge

sudd

targe

teasel

teazle

toman

valuer

wold

yaffil

zoic

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