An open list of 24 words by yaybob.
- pulchritude was added by yaybob and appears on 256 other lists
- enervate was added by yaybob and appears on 169 other lists
- restive was added by yaybob and appears on 83 other lists
- puissant was added by yaybob and appears on 110 other lists
- redoubtable was added by yaybob and appears on 91 other lists
- spendthrift was added by yaybob and appears on 49 other lists
- quean was added by yaybob and appears on 32 other lists
- matriculate was added by yaybob and appears on 36 other lists
- tripping was added by yaybob and appears on 4 other lists
- gainsay was added by yaybob and appears on 90 other lists
- nonplus was added by yaybob and appears on 39 other lists
- prosaic was added by yaybob and appears on 196 other lists
- temerity was added by yaybob and appears on 158 other lists
- cupidity was added by yaybob and appears on 123 other lists
- libertine was added by yaybob and appears on 113 other lists
- meretricious was added by yaybob and appears on 218 other lists
- inflammable was added by yaybob and appears on 22 other lists
- firmament was added by yaybob and appears on 95 other lists
- ingenuous was added by yaybob and appears on 95 other lists
- toothsome was added by yaybob and appears on 84 other lists
- wizened was added by yaybob and appears on 61 other lists
- licentious was added by yaybob and appears on 111 other lists
- dissever was added by yaybob and appears on 11 other lists
- noisome was added by sionnach and appears on 134 other lists
yaybob I suspect that until they know better, most people wouldn't trust a person described as ingenuous or redoubtable, but might be attracted to one that they were told possesssed cupidity, was libertine or licentious. Wouldn't you rather meet a meretricious, nonplussed, queanly spendthrift with a wizened face and her feet planted firmly in the firmament more than a tripping one with a pulchritudinous face? Temerarious and puissant sound frightened and reserved. Restive and enervated sound calming and charged up respectively. Prosaic speech sounds like it might be flowery, lofty or lauditory, and inflammable sounds a lot safer than flammable. Dec 4, 2008
yaybob Admittedly, this is a very subjective quality in a word. Still, there must be a degree of objectivity to this trait, since many people will agree that many of these words fit this description. Dec 3, 2008