Different shades of red: Light - - Vermillion
- Cherry
- Rose
- Sanguine
Dark -
Different shades of yellow: Light - - Honey
- Gold
- Lemon
- Sallow (an unhealthy shade)
Dark -
Different shades of green: Light - - Parakeet
- Emerald
- Fern
- Forest-green
Dark -
Different shades of blue: Light - - Azure
- Sapphire
- Cerulean
- Teal
- Ocean
Dark -
Different shades of purple: Light: - Lavender
- Orchid
- Heather
- Amethyst
- Periwrinkle
Dark: - Mulberry
- Boysenberry
- Mauve
- Sangria
Different shades of pink: Light: Dark:
Different shades of white: - Hoary - greyish white
- Alabaster - whiteness/smoothness
- Pearl
- Porcelain
- Parchment
Words to use when writing about a rich/grand setting
- Sumptuous - splendid and expensive looking
- Deft - neat/skillful handywork
- Hearth
- Eloquent
- Hedonistic
- Meticulous - showing great detail to something
- Decadent - luxuriously self-indulgent
- Elocution - the skill of clear and expressive speech
- Gentility - respectability / high social status
- Venerable
- Epicure - a person who finds pleasure in fine food/drink
- Grandiose - extravagantly grand and luxurious
- Unctuous - excessively flattering; oily
- Alabaster
Example paragraph I wrote using most of these words. One glance around the room, deftly painted with fine shades of alabaster, her azure eyes had borne the sight of a fellow epicure - whose onyx-black hair may have been a tad too unctuous for her - whose lithe posture was eloquently standing by the decadent hearth. "My, what a grandiose place you have here...I take it that your form of hedonism belongs here?" She spoke with a flare of elocution and made her way to the sumptuous table that was lavishly furnished with an assemblage of meticulous cakes - ranging from a gold-speckled apple pie to a simple, but deft slice of chocolate cake that percolated a rich sauce.
Good verbs to use
Describing liquids: - Bedewed - covered/sprinkled with droplets of
- Percolate - (coffee being prepared) but mainly to describe something being oozed/trickled/seeped
- Permeate - spread throughout something
- Fluctuate - something going up and down
- Undulating - smooth wave-like motion (usually for the ocean)
Telling off someone: - Chastise - tell off
- Castigate - criticize/severely critic
- Disparage - speak little of someone
- Berate - castigate
- Deride - ridicule/ mock something
Influence someone: - Coax - attempt to influence
- Cajole - coax someone with flattery
For essays: - Divagate - digress in speech
- Encompass - include something comprehensively
- Vivisect
- Kenned - to understand/perceive
- Germane - relevant to a subject
- Aforementioned - ‘as mentioned before’
- Pedagogical - relating to teaching
- Procured - obtained
- Elucidate - make something clear
- Substantiate - prove evidence to support something
- Permeate
- Betoken - be a sign of something
- Adumbrate - foreshadow something
- Instigate - begin something
| Positive things ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ ~ - Elated - happy
- Saccharine - excessively sweet in emotion
- Beatific - blissful happiness
- Rapturous - enthusiastic
- Euphoric - extremely happy
- Amicable - friendly / good natured
- Munificent - generous
- Voracious - very eager / enthusiastic
- Winsome - attractive/pleasing in an innocent light
- Sage - wise
- Stalwart - loyal and reliable
- Hedonistic - self-indulgent
- Convivial - kind
- Venerable - acclaimed; having borne a copious amount of respect/wisdom
- Eminent - famous/respected
- Prudent - showing great care for the future
- Demure - (usually for women) modest/shy
- Seraphic - angelic
Stuck up/superior/powerful/evil, etc: - Haughty - arrogantly superior
- Puissant - powerful/potent
- Vindictive - showing unreasoning desire for revenge
- Supercilious - feeling superior to others
- Disdainful - lack of respect
- Cynical
- Callous - unsympathetic
- Apathetic - showing no interest/emotion
- Philistine - being hostile to culture/the arts
- Perilous - dangerous
- Vehement - strong feelings/passion (can be either negative or positive)
- Impolitic - opposite of prudent
- Dissentious - quarrelsome
- Heinous - very wicked
Thin: - Cadaverous - very thin, pale and bony (negative)
- Lissom - thin/graceful (positive)
- Lithe - Thin and graceful (positive)
Stupid / lazy : - Asinine - extremely stupid
- Lackadaisical: lacking enthusiasm / being lazy
- Benighted - morally/intellectually ignorant
- Myopic - lacking intellectual insight
Angry:
Sad: - Plaintive - sounding sad/mournful
- Morose - sullen and ill-tempered
Talkative:
Fluent / graceful: - Voluble - fluent
- Eloquent - gracefully articulate
Strong: - Virile - having/being characterised by strength/energy
- Herculean - muscular and strong (or something that requires a lot of strength)
Dirty/poor: - Cadaverous
- Uncouth - lacking in good manners
- Slovenly - untidy + dirty
- Brusque - rough manner
- Destitute - poor
- Heathenish - barbarous
Obedient: - Docile - willing/submissive/obedient
- Obsequious - obedient
Smart: - Erudite - showing great knowledge
Afraid: - Trepidation - anxiety/fear
- Consternation - trepidation
Random nouns I’ve learned
- Tempest - violent/windy storm (the adjective is tempestuous which also means conflicting/strong emotion)
- Purport - purpose
- Plaint - an accusation/complaint
- Harlot - a prostitute
- Hearth - fireplace
- Oeuvre - all the works of an artist/painter / composer
- Staccato - a series of short, sharp sounds/words
- Affinity - natural liking to something
- Repose - sleep
- Hansom - low, two wheeled vehicle drawn by one horse
- Collieries - a coal mine
- Throng - a lot of people
- Grandeur - the state of being grand
- Physiognomy - outward appearance of someone
- Caprice - unpredicted / sudden change
- Panegyric - formal praise
- Pall - cloth that spreads over a tomb
- Manacles - restrictment / shackles
- Despot - king/ruler with absolute power
- Sojourn - temporary stay
- Compendium - collection of detailed information about a subject
- Stipend - fixed pay/salary
- Confidant - someone you trust
- Aphorism - pithy observation that contains the truth
- Vivisection - sharp and detailed criticism/analysis
- Ribands - a ribbon
- Conclave - a private meeting
- Maladies - a serious problem/a disease
- Dahlia - a brightly-coloured, mexican plant
- Fodder - coarse food for livestock
- Raiment - attire / clothing
- Gauntlet - a glove with an extended cuff for the wrist
- Renunciations - the act of abandoning something
- Aplomb - self-confidence or assurance in an awful situation
- Frisson - strong feeling of fear/excitement; thrill
- Camaraderie - mutual trust + understanding between friends
- Gusto - hearty/keen enjoyment of something
- Larceny - robbery
- Expletive - swear words
- Prurience - restless desire or longing
Adjectives for objects/other For fabric: - Gauzy - thin and translucent
- Diaphanous - light, delicate and translucent
For weather/the atmosphere: - Arid - dry; little to no rain (can also mean no excitement)
- Tenebrous - gloomy/dark atmosphere
- Tempestuous
- Sombre - gloomily dark/serious or depressing (can be used on place, colours, moods)
For red complexion/someone blushing: - Ruddy - fresh/healthy red complexion
- Florid - red or flushed complexion
For flowers/plants: - Tremulous - shaking or quivering slightly (can be used for people too e.g, “oscar became tremulous at the sight of the spider”) (but in this context it’d be like, “the flowers were tremulous”)
- Strewed - scattered (good for petals - “lavender petals were strewed across the…”
- Sedate - calm and quiet/dull
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