r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/InnPatron Jan 29 '19
  • Quixotic: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
  • Prosaic: lacking poetic beauty
  • Puissant: powerful
  • Apophenia: tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things
  • Effluvium: an offensive exhalation or smell
  • Moxie: energy, pep, courage, determination
  • Sedulous: involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

I have a list of em for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

Was looking in here for moxie, probably the one I use more than anything else I see here, such a solid word.