Words I Love

I don't know why, but here we go (and I'll even keep the profane words to myself):

• didactic
• atrophy
• eschew
• defenestrate (Why does this word even exist? Was the action that prevalent?)
• ameliorate
• preposterous (lately, this is my favorite description)
• espouse
• parenthetical
• caveat
• dissuade
• navigable
• brio (or elan. I like both and never really get a chance to use either)
• aerate
• epitome
• nomenclature

and last, but not least, and especially in honor of a certain pretentious pseudo-celebrity I met ... (okay, I wasn't going to identify this person, but then I saw this and I couldn't resist)

• intrepid