9 Beloved Words

Time and again, the same set of words seem to pop up into my stories. I love these words. If these words had form, I would hug them. An expansive vocabulary, as it is with most budding writers, is very important to me. Quite often, I am teased about some of the words I use in my day-to-day speech.

The following list is just a small sample of some of the words that I adore:


Fleeting (adjective)
1. passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory

My Example: Myra closes her eyes and for a fleeting moment I think that she’s slipped back into unconsciousness – or worse.

Glint (noun)
1. a tiny, quick flash of light.
2. gleaming brightness; luster.
3. a brief or slight manifestation or occurrence; inkling; trace.

My Example: The light glints off of the needle he now holds in his right hand.

Flesh (noun)
1. the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
2. muscular and fatty tissue.
3. this substance or tissue in animals, viewed as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes fowl; meat.

My Example: I push the tip of the knife into her throat’s flesh and pull towards me, severing that pulse.

Seething (seethe) (verb)
1. to surge or foam as if boiling.
2. to be in a state of agitation or excitement.

My Example: By the unabashed look of seething on her face and the way she stomped towards the door, I know that our visitors have left.

Rage (noun)
1. angry fury; violent anger.
2. a fit of violent anger.
3. fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc.
4. violence of feeling, desire, or appetite
5. a violent desire or passion.

My Example: I watch as she swallows her rage for the benefit of our guests waiting out in the hall.

Ebb (verb)
1. to flow back or away, as the water of a tide
5. to decline or decay; fade away

My Example: My heart warms a bit at her words, and I feel a very small amount of the guilt ebb away.

Dainty (adjective)
1. of delicate beauty; exquisite
2. pleasing to the taste and, often, temptingly served or delicate

My Example: I lift the tall slim champagne glass to my lips and take a dainty sip of the bubbly liquid, nearly choking on it.

Wisp (noun)
1. a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like
2. any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.
3. a thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace.
4. a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible

My Example: I wanted the little wisp gone, but he begged me to let her stay with you.


Scatter (scattered, scattering) (verb)
1. to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals
2. to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse

My Example: The remains of two of our friends lay scattered and rotting across the floor, having been killed days ago.


What are your favourite words? Or am I the only one strange enough to have a set of words deemed as "favourites"? :3