Word of the Day - let's add 100 words to our vocabulary

[MariaWaria]

This thread follows on from my recent thread on AIBU saying that I wanted to add 100 words to my vocabulary. The response was incredible; so much encouragement given, and ideas shared.
And AdaColeman suggested I start a Word of the Day thread, so here we are.

The way this will work is that I will post the Word of the Day (each day ) and state its meaning as I understand it which will no doubt have been gleaned from Google, books, wherever.

The aim is not to teach or preach or offer words that ordinary folk, like me, are not likely to use in general conversation. They will be words that we may already have heard of but have not felt assured enough to use in conversation.

Perhaps we can aim to use the Word of the Day three times in our conversation in the next 24 hours and report on how that went.

Let’s see how this thread develops. My aim is to continue for 100 days by which time I (and hopefully you too) will have an extra 100 words in your vocabulary.

The first Word of the Day is INIMITABLE meaning incapable of being copied, in a class of its own.

I am filled with trepidation about a forthcoming meeting because my knowledge is entirely empirical (the subject being an inveterate interest of mine) while others take a more academic bent.

My resolution today is to slip at least one of the words into a real life conversation.

Im about to start writing an essay and I'm feeling a small amount of trepidation that I do not know what to write. I'm hoping that my empircal knowledge of the subject will help and my punctilious editing will see me through.

I am filled with trepidation at the thought of going to Brownies as the empirical evidence suggests that they will be loud and squeally.

She faced the coming year with trepidation, as she knew that there were major changes ahead.

I’m joining so that I can get a less than woeful score at scrabble. Granted I am playing an English lit grad/journo —and a 13 year old—.

Your sentence made me smile MsA

Word of the Day No. 10 (we're a tenth of the way to our 100 words) is GARGANTUAN - enormous.

en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gargantuan

"My gargantuan appetite for Ferrero Rocher has helped me pile on the pounds."

Thanks Maria, it made me smile too when I wrote it.

The noise the Brownies made gave me a gargantuan headache.

Lovely thread!

In my mind’s eye, I’ve always imagined a Roman pug dog - Pugnatius - for pugnacious

I am not looking forward to today's gargantuan task of packing up all the Christmas decorations and getting them in the attic

The cat ate a gargantuan breakfast yet still wanted more.

I’m making a gargantuan effort to get this essay done, but I’m behaving petulantly as I want to sit on the sofa drinking tea and reading.

Sumo wrestlers are usually gargantuan men!

I have a gargantuan pile of marking that I am studiously ignoring.

My gargantuan appetite for cheese fills me with trepidation as I approach the scales 🙁

Word of the Day No. 11 is TURPITUDE - depraved or wicked behaviour or character.

en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/turpitude

I found this example: "Before becoming a nun, Sister Mary Lawrence was a gang member who followed her leader in committing crimes of turpitude".

I think I've only ever read that word with 'moral' in front of it, so it'll be nice to see it used in a wider context

Often follow moral it seems:

www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/turpitude

Not heard this word before. Will try slip it into conversation at work tomorrow

Having set myself the gargantuan task of reading all the novels by Dickens, I've realised how frequently his plots reveal the turpitude of human nature.

So that's how we weave turpitude into a sentence Ada

Word of the Day No. 12 is PERIPATETIC - travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods.

en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/peripatetic

Being a peripatetic carer meant she spent a lot of time waiting at bus stops.

Ada yes, that one was worth waiting for.

I was toying with a career as a peripatetic PT but I gave it up to study, fortunately as I’m an inveterate walker I still get lots of fresh air.

One of the many facets which interest me in Thomas Hardy's novels is how peripatetic many of his characters are. Diggory Venn, the reddle man in The Return of the Native is an obvious example, and of course Tess travels many miles, often on foot, to her various places of work.

Being a peripatetic carer meant she spent ten hours earning six hours wages.

Paucity,........scarcity or small amount, I love using this word!