Top 100 Words

I found the list of my top 100 words (see post below). Here they are in alphabetical order:

bawdy, bite, bounce, brim, callous, candid, cinnamon, crass, crave, creep, crunch, daisy, defenestrate, dusk, elation, erudite, euphoria, fawning, ferocious, fervor, fey, filament, fountain, frippery, fuck, fume, gangly, garrulous, giggle, gloaming, gory, gorgeous, grace, grate, grimy, grisly, gross, gruesome, guttural, honey, hope hiccup, hilarious, irate, irk, irreverent, illuminate, jaunt, jerk, juicy, lethargic, lick, lily, lugubrious, luminous, lush, mercy, mincing, munch, myopic, obtuse, ocean, odious, ogle, passionate, peaceful, pillow, pity, pompous, primp, prestidigitory, pungent, putrid, rant, rile, rip, sagacious, salacious, scrape, serendipity, shirk, skin, silly, sizzle, stammer, steam, suck, sweet, tickle, undulate, vacillate, vapor, veranda, virescent, vivid, wanton, weep, willow, wisp.

I think I'd keep most of them still. Funny there are no As--what about amaze?

Here's the top 10 (as rated in September 2004):

ferocious, fuck, giggle, grace, hilarious, luminous, lush, sagacious, tickle, virescent

Virescent is one of those words that popped into my head and I didn't know what it meant (I don't recall the circumstance). It means to become green. Green is my favorite color (especially a bright lime version that is what I like to call iguana belly green--or Larry belly after my dear, departed pet iguana).

Yesterday, abrogate popped in (while I was showering, so I forgot)--I know I've known its meaning, but I can't access it. It just popped in again as I was writing this so it obviously needs to be looked up: to put aside, to put an end to.

Ok, I can take a hint--I've got piles of papers to grade!