For this month’s issue, we’ve combined “What’s in a Word” with our monthly quiz.

The Oxford Dictionary has 273,000 headwords.

Of these words, 171,476 of them are in current use, 47,156 words are obsolete, and around 9,500 derivative words are included as subentries.

How many of these words do you think you know? Most of us have never stopped to think what percentage of our vocabulary we actually use for conversation or correspondence. I love words and enjoy learning new and interesting words (check out Pinterest – you’ll be amazed how many people pin interesting words). I have pinned over 500 interesting words – I find at least one every day to add to my list.

Do you know these unusual words? How many have you heard or used? Match the word to its definition. Good luck!

Answers to this month’s quiz can be found in the last article of this issue or you can click on this link,

https://www.thisawfulawesomelife.com/home/2023/8/4/next-month-in-this-awful-awesome-life-september-2023

Wordbank

Reverie                             Wonderwall

Ataraxia                          Cynefin

Evanescent                    Quanked

Ambedo                         Trouvaille

Peikos                    Exulansis

Kalokagathia               Philocalist

Jouska                            Lisztomania

Sweven                          Solivagant

Camhanaich                Eucatastrophe

Latibule                         Desiderata

 

1.    A combination of the good and the beautiful in a person. _________________________

2.    The feeling you get when you sit in front of a fireplace enjoying its warmth. __________________

3.    To be overwhelmed by fatigue. _____________________________

4.    The state of blissful and serene calmness. _____________________

5.    A vision seen in sleep; a dream. ________________________

6.    A second and happy resolution of events in a story. ________________________

7.    The need to listen to music when you are depressed. ___________________

8.    Early morning twilight. __________________________

9.    The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience when other people aren’t able to relate to it.

10. Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; fading quickly or disappearing. ___________________

11. A  place that feels like home. _____________________

12. A state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts, a daydream._______________________

13. Wandering alone. _____________________

14. A hiding place; a place of safety or comfort.

15. A person who you think about all the time because you are so infatuated with them. __________________________

16. Things wanted or needed. ______________________________

17. A melancholic trance in which you become completely absorbed in vivid sensory details. _____________________

18. A lover of beauty; someone who finds and appreciates beauty in all things. __________________

19. A hypothetical conversation you compulsively play out in your head. _________________

20. A chance encounter with something wonderful. _________________________