50 Great Words That People Never Use (But Should)
Rigmarole: ‘Every time I ask her to do the dishes, she starts giving me a bunch of rigmarole.’
1. Affable
Friendly and easy-going.
2. Apoplexy
A state of freaking out.
3. Asunder
Ripped to shreds.
4. Bamboozled
Fooled in a big and embarrassing way.
5. Bereft
Completely devoid of or without something.
6. Cacophony
A headache-inducing symphony of noise.
7. Cantankerous
Mean and cranky.
8. Crestfallen
Extremely sad and disappointed.
9. Defenestration
The act of getting pushed out of a window.
10. Dilly-dally
Wasting time; same as “lallygagging.”
11. Disingenuous
Not honest or sincere.
12. Exacerbate
Making a bad situation worse.
13. Feckless
Weak or worthless.
14. Flabbergasted
Shocked to the point where your jaw hangs open.
15. Glower
To glare at someone angrily.
16. Hoi polloi
The common people.
17. Indolent
Lazy.
18. Indubitably
Without a doubt.
19. Jabberwocky
Someone whose strength comes from their stupidity.
20. Kibosh
Putting an end to something. Ex: ‘We put the kibosh on that business deal.’
21. Lachrymose
Teary-eyed.
22. Lackadaisical
Aimless and lazy
23. Malarky
Nonsense.
24. Mamihlapinatapai
A staring contest that goes nowhere.
25. Masticate
Chewing on food.
26. Nettled
Annoyed/irritated.
27. Nonplussed
Surprised, amazed, speechless.
28. Obfuscate
To make something unclear.
29. Overmorrow
The day after tomorrow.
30. Pecuniary
Money-related.
31. Peristalsis
The contraction of muscles that moves food through the intestines.
32. Penultimate
Second to last.
33. Penury
Extreme poverty.
34. Perfunctory
Carried out with no effort or thought.
35. Plethora
Lots of something.
36. Podunk
A small rural town.
37. Putrescent
Disgusting, nauseating.
38. Rapscallion
A boy who doesn’t behave.
39. Rigmarole
Nonsense words that avoid the question
40. Rotund
Fat.
41. Sanctimonious
Someone who acts holier than thou
42. Sate
Satisfy
43. Shindig
A large celebration.
44. Succor
To give relief and support.
45. Swilking
The movement of liquid inside a container.
46. Teetotaler
A person who doesn’t drink alcohol.
47. Troglodyte
A caveman; used to describe dumb or backwards people.
48. Widdershins
Counterclockwise.
49. Yonder
Over there in the distance.
50. Zugzwang
A situation in chess where all moves lead to checkmate. 
