Why, hello there!
This is a challenge (no duh, it’s in the challenge section!). This is the Obscure Word Challenge. Each of the prompts aren’t words you’d probably use in every day conversation. From Rubicon to fauvism, if it’s out of the ordinary, I’ll probably get around to it. Of course, definitions are given with each prompt because I’m generous.
Anyways, here are the rules:
-You can use the prompt in any story, one you’ve already started, a new one (karma for new stories), a one-shot, a chaptered story, a drabble series, etc.
-Okay, maybe not every story. Each entry for the prompt must be more than 200 words (not knocking traditional drabbles, they’re nice and you’re cool for writing them, I just want a little more substance).
-The rating can be anything. K - MA, it’s all up to you.
-Any genre, from dark/horror (which would make Rin-Rin really, really happy) to humor.
-This challenge has no due date or time limit or whatever. Whenever you submit, twenty minutes from now (which makes me side eye you like crazy) to three years from now, it’s fine.
-I’ll try to post two prompts every two days. If I don’t, sorry, kind of busy and depressed and all that stuff.
-Whatever else, just ask.
Prompts:
n. Fauvism: A movement in painting characterized by vivid colors and free treatment of form. It was popular in Paris during 1905/early 20th century. Some call Matisse a leader of this movement.
n. Valetudinarian: Someone with a weak or sickly constitution; especially one whose chief concern is their health. Sort of, if not almost exactly what Kagome is in her friends' and teachers' eyes.
adj. Pecuniary: Consisting of or relating to money.
n. Tergiversation: Desertion of cause, position, party, or faith.
adj. Nocuos: Harmful, dangerous.
n. Couloir: A steep mountainside gorge.
adj. Polyglot: speaking or writing multiple languages.
n. Corrigendum: An error in a printed work spotted after printing and shown with its correction on a separate page.
adj. Itinerant: traveling from place to place.
adj. Incipient: Becoming apparent or beginning to come into existence.
adj. Orchidaceous: of, relating to, or resembling orchids.
n. Nidus: a nest or breeding place.
adj. Aquiferous: conveying, containing, or yielding water.
n. Duress: Forcible restraint or restriction.
n. Mishpocha: an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes even close friends; clan.
n. Bivouac: an encampment for the night; especially under little or no shelter.
adj. Inclement: Rough, harsh, severe - generally related to the weather.
n. Respite: a period of delay.
v. Importune: to urge or bed with troublesome persistence.
n. Kismet: fate or destiny.
n. Nephology: the study of clouds
adj. Tenebrous: dark and/or gloomy.
n. Doula: a woman who assists in childbirth.
adj. Cthonic: Dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the underworld.
n. Rubicon: a bounding or limiting line; especially one that changes a person irrevocably once crossed.
n. Bellwether: a leader or leading indicator.
n. Platitude: a banal, trite, or stale thought or remark.
n. Manse: a large and imposing residence.
n. Ablution: the washing of the body or some part of it.
itvb. Sojourn: to dwell for a time; also, a temporary stay.
n. Slugabed: one who stays in bed until a late hour
n. Gourmand: one who enjoys good food in great quantities.
n. Kaffeeklatsch: an informal social gathering for coffee and conversation.
adj. Xanthic: of a yellowish tint or color.
vb. Birl: to spin or cause to rotate
n. Exordium: the beginning of anything
n. Yeoman: a farmer in the past who owned a small amount of land.
adj. Violescent: tending to a violet color.
n. Satiety: fullness to the point of satisfaction or beyond.
n. Gamine: and urchin or mischievous girl/young woman.
adj. Uranous: of or containing Uranium esp in a low valence state.
adj. Gustatory: of the sense of taste.
adj. Pluvial: of or pertaining to rain.
n. Schmaltz: informal, exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
n. Agitprop: propaganda, especially pro-communist political propaganda disseminated through literature, drama, music, or art.
n. Obliquity: mental perversity.
Adj. Spumescent: foamy, foamlike, and/or frothy.
vb. Abacinate: to blind with hot, red metal.
tvb. Asseverate: to declare or to affirm positively or earnestly.
adj. Bibulous: of, pertaining to, marked by, or given to the consumption of alcoholic drink.
n. Pokelogan: marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
adj. Umbriferous: casting or making shade.
vb. Deracinate: to remove or separate the racial or ethnic characteristics from a native environment or culture; uproot.
itvb. Galumph: to move in a clumsy manner or with a heavy tread.
n. Abiogenesis: the theory that living organisms can arise spontaneously.
n. Largesse: generous bestowal of gifts.
n. Oblation: the act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, to a deity.
adj. Risible: arousing or provoking laughter.
Easy Prompts:
v. Gamble: To be on uncertain outcomes
v. Guess: To form an opinion from little or no facts
adj. Melodious: A sound that is pleasing to the ear.
n. Reincarnation: Rebirth of a soul in a new body.
Medium Prompts
adj. Sodden: heavy with moisture or water.
adj. Doleful: full of grief, causing grief, or expressing grief.
Have fun and hope to read your entries soon!