Aegis
Bulwark
Celerity
Alacrity
Sedulous
Subversion
Beguile
Conflagrate
Immolate
Magnanimous
Fetter
Languid
Torpor
Tepid
Imbued
Aura
Dubious
Apprehensive
Affinity
Listless
Primal
Writhes
What do these words all have in common? I learned them as a 12 or 13 year old playing Everquest and peppered them into my essays for the rest of my academic career. Got an A on every paper I ever wrote that was graded by lazy English teachers who were wowed by big words. Worked until I got to college. Resulted in an insane score on the vocab portion of the GRE; at least 2 of the words above were on the test.
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