Vocabulary Word Fic Prompts

This week's word is



noun
[kä-nə-ˈtā-shən]


1. Something suggested by a word or thing: implication. The significance of something.
"The connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair."

From Merriam-Webster

This week's word is


[kəˈpriSHəs, kəˈprēSHəs]


Adjective
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. "A capricious summer breeze."

This week's word is



[ dis-in-jen-yoo-uhs ]



adjective

Lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere:
"Her excuse was rather disingenuous."

This week's word is



adjective

quin·​tes·​sen·​tial ˌkwin-tə-ˈsen(t)-shəl


Perfectly typical or representative of a particular kind of person or thing.


Jerry's your quintessential streetwise New Yorker …
—Kai Wright

This week's word is




prag-ˈma-tik

adjective

Relating to matters of fact or practical affairs, often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters: practical as opposed to idealistic.

This week's (fun) word is



(wil-ə-t͟hə-ˈwisp)


With credit to Merriam-Webster, Wikipedia, and Collins, although there are tons of interesting articles online to check out.

NOUN

1. A deceptive or elusive goal or hope.

You can refer to someone or something that keeps disappearing or that is impossible to catch or reach as a will-o'-the-wisp.

2. Ignis fatuus.

A light that sometimes appears at night over marshy ground and is often attributable to the combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.  In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus (Latin for 'foolish flame';[1] pl. ignes fatui), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travelers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.


Did you know?
The Mystical Origins of Will-o'-the-Wisp

The will-o'-the-wisp is a flame-like phosphorescence caused by gases from decaying plants in marshy areas. In olden days, it was personified as "Will with the wisp," a sprite who carried a fleeting "wisp" of light. Foolish travelers were said to try to follow the light and were then led astray into the marsh. (An 18th-century fairy tale described Will as one "who bears the wispy fire to trail the swains among the mire.") The light was first known, and still also is, as ignis fatuus, which in Latin means "foolish fire." Eventually, the name will-o’-the-wisp was extended to any impractical or unattainable goal.

This week's word is


i-ˈmyu̇r


verb
1. To enclose within or as if within walls; imprison.

2. To build into a wall, especially to entomb in a wall.




Did you know? (From Merriam-Webster)

Like mural, immure comes from murus, a Latin noun that means "wall." Immurare, a Medieval Latin verb, was formed from murus and the prefix in- (meaning "in" or "within"). Immure, which first appeared in English in the late 16th century, literally means "to wall in" or "to enclose with a wall," but it has extended meanings as well. In addition to senses meaning "to imprison" and "to entomb," the word sometimes has broader applications, essentially meaning "to shut in" or "to confine." One might remark, for example, that a very studious acquaintance spends most of her time "immured in the library" or that a withdrawn teenager "immures himself in his bedroom every night."

This week's word is


Note: it's not an advanced vocabulary word, but I felt the various definitions could be great fodder for fic inspiration, so I added it to the list. It's got me thinking already...


[ˈpivət]

noun
1. The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates. 
A person or thing that plays a central part in an activity or organization:
"The pivot of community life was the chapel."

verb
2. Turn on or as if on a pivot:
"He swung around, pivoting on his heel."

3. (pivot on) Depend on:
"Your escape pivots on my disappearing with you."

4. Completely change the way in which one does something:
"The teams performed exceptionally by quickly pivoting to meet the increased demand from our customers." ·

Pivot is a term that has evolved from French and is used in English to describe a central point around which action revolves. It can refer to a physical shaft or pin on which something turns, or metaphorically, to a person or thing that serves as a focal point for change or redirection.

This week's word is

ˈ
flȯr-əd


ADJECTIVE

1: Very flowery in style, ornate
Florid prose

2: Elaborately decorated
A florid interior

(Obsolete: covered with flowers)

3. Tinged with red, ruddy
A florid complexion

4. Marked by emotional or sexual fervor
A florid secret life

5. Fully developed, manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome
The florid stage of a disease

(Archaic: healthy)

This week's word is




[ˈsərkəmˌspek(t)]


adjective
Careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences.
Wary and unwilling to take risks.

Prudent diplomacy required a circumspect response.
They are circumspect in all their business dealings.