Jon's list of Good Words™

These are some Good Words™ which I like using. It is good to expand one's vocabulary and become more erudite!
Let me know of any which deserved to be used more frequently, especially if they're onomatopoeic.
  • impecunious 
    having little or no money.


  • veridical

    adj. truthful, veracious 2 : not illusory : genuine
    


  • infelicitous

    unfortunate; inappropriate
    


  • susurrations

    a whispering sound : murmur
    


  • ochlocracy

    noun: government by the populace; mob rule.
    


  • nugatory

    1. : of little or no consequence : trifling, inconsequential. comments too nugatory to merit attention. 2. : having no force : inoperative.

    


  • latibulate

        v. To hide oneself in a corner

    


  • celerity

        adv. with swiftness

    


  • loquacious

           adj : full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
             gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby}, {garrulous},
             {talkative}, {talky}]

    

  • replete

           adj 1: filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
              [syn: {full}, {replete(p)}]
       2: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with
          the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with
          love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: {instinct(p)}, {replete(p)}]
       v : fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: {satiate}, {sate},
           {fill}]

    

  • mellifluous

           adj : pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
       [syn: {dulcet}, {honeyed}, {mellisonant}, {sweet}]

    

      

    • discombobulate

             adj: confuse - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

      


    • truculent

             adj 1: defiantly aggressive; "as truculent as a small boy who
              thinks his big brother can lick anybody"
       2: aggressively hostile; "a truculent speech against the new
          government"

      

    • obviate

             v 1: do away with [syn: {rid of}, {eliminate}] [ant: {necessitate}]
       2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
          avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert
          a strike" [syn: {debar}, {deflect}, {avert}, {head off}, {stave
          off}, {fend off}, {avoid}, {ward off}]

      

    • ululate

             v : emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
           sorrow" [syn: {howl}, {wail}, {roar}, {yawl}]

      

    • esurient

            adj 1: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and
             sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and
             ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a
             predatory enemy" [syn: {famished}, {ravenous},
             {sharp-set}, {starved}]

      

    • anodyne

             adj : capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of
             certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect" [syn: {analgesic},
              {analgetic}]
       n : a medicine used to relieve pain [syn: {analgesic}, {painkiller},
            {pain pill}]

      

    • denouement

             n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events
       2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary
          or dramatic work

      

    • aver

             v 1: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a
            crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the
            war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
            [syn: {allege}, {say}]
       2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
          God I swear I am innocent" [syn: {affirm}, {verify}, {assert},
           {avow}, {swan}, {swear}]
       [also: {averring}, {averred}]

      

    • mollify

             v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
            "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
             {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {placate},
             {gentle}, {gruntle}]
       2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
          something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
          [syn: {temper}, {season}]
       3: make less rigid or softer
       [also: {mollified}]

      
effulgent
cromulent
celerity
lambent