[General Contest] August 2016: Vocabulary Contest

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This is a new contest type we'll be trying out on SA! Rather than soliciting ideas or getting people to make new stuff, this one will be encouraging posting in a more... creative manner.
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What Kind of Contest is This?
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Every day, 3 unique and unusual words will get posted up in this thread. Your goal is to use those words within a post either that day or the day after. Ideally, we're looking for interesting and creative uses of the words - consider them like springboards!​

How Do I Enter?​

Make yourself a post below, with a tally of how many words you've used over the contest period, with a link to each post and the word used. You can only claim each word once. You can use up to three words in a post, but if you do, it'll have to be a good one. Valid words will be listed in the second post under this one, underneath the entry format.

In the end, the person who has used the most words wins!
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Any Other Restrictions?​

In the event that someone cheats around the spirit of the contest--by, say, having their character read each of the words off a spelling list every day--staff reserves the right to skip around them. Feel free to use adverb versions of words where possible. If the word in question is 'opaque', using 'opaquely' would be fine.
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August Contest: Vocabulary Contest
Runs from August 21st to 23:59 EST on August 27th​
 
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Entry Form​
Code: 
[b]Player Name:[/b] Please put your OOC name here
[b]Current Tally:[/b] The current number of words you've used
[b]Listing:[/b]
A list of links to where your words have been used. Please specify which word is being used, and please link DIRECTLY TO THE POST. This can be done by clicking the #[number] in the top right of a post and copying the provided link.
Word List​

DAY ONE:
specious
- adjective - apparently good or right, but lacking in any real merit. pleasing at first glance, but deceptive. apparently correct, but actually misleading.
a specious advertisement
honorific
- adjective - conferring or conveying honor.
an honorific title
- noun - a title or term of respect.
to place an honorific after a name
foreboding
- noun - a prediction or strong feeling of future evil.
a sense of foreboding
- adjective - implying or seeming to imply something bad will happen soon.
a foreboding sign

DAY TWO:
chortle
- verb - laugh in a breathy, gleeful way. to chuckle gleefully.
she chortled at his joke
- noun - a gleeful, breathy laugh
they gave a small chortle
licit
- adjective - not forbidden. within the law.
licit drugs
affluent
- adjective - (generally referring to groups or areas) extremely wealthy
the area was very affluent

DAY THREE:
vestige
- noun - a trace of something that is vanishing. an extremely small amount of something that is no longer there.
the last vestiges of glory
abdicate
- verb - to renounce or abandon a thrown, claim, power, or responsibility, especially if done so in a formal matter.
she chose to abdicate her council position
fetid
- adjective - an offensive smell.
a fetid swamp

DAY FOUR:
zest
- noun - great enthusiasm and energy.
the play went on with zest
- noun - the outer peel of a citrus fruit.
to add some grated zest
inexorable
- adjective - impossible to stop or prevent.
an inexorable campaign
welter
- noun - a large amount of objects with no order. a confusing mess.
a welter of books

DAY FIVE:
mercurial
- adjective - (a person) whose mood or mind changes frequently.
her mercurial temperament
martial
- adjective - appropriate for war. warlike.
her martial temperament
jovial
- adjective - cheerful and friendly.
her jovial temperament

DAY SIX:
feisty
- adjective - touchy and aggressive.
he was particularly feisty
- adjective - (relating to a person, normally small or weak) lively, brave, and determined.
a feisty hero
placate
- verb - to make someone less angry. to calm someone down.
she tried desperately to placate him
sonorous
- adjective - (of a voice or sound) imposingly deep and full. deep and rich.
a sonorous speaking voice

DAY SEVEN:
polarize
- verb - to sharply divide opposing groups.
the speech polarized the audience
otherworldly
- adjective - relating to an imaginary or spiritual world.
an otherworldly voice
mantle
- noun - a sleeveless shawl.
a burgundy mantle
- noun - an important role that is passed from one person to another.
she took up her mother's mantle
 
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Give Me More Than What I Offered [specious, foreboding]
Addy Rosales's Quinceañera [honorific]
Hold Me Close [licit, vestige]
Help Is On The Way! [fetid, abdicate]
Give Me More Than What I Offered [chortled, affluent]
Feverish [inexorable]
Teacher's Lounge Party [Official Event Thread] [welter]
Undead Things Are Fun Too! [zest]
Beauty Day For The Belles Of Manta Carlos [jovial]
Give Me More Than What I Offered [mercurial, martial]
Beauty Day For The Belles Of Manta Carlos [feisty]
How to drown your priest: An expert's step by step guide written for shits and giggles [placate, sonorous]
Nice to Meat [sic] You [mantle]
Give Me More Than What I Offered [polarize]
two heartbreakers walk into a bar [otherworldly]
 
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starting school this week totally threw me out of the running for this contest but you should definitely do it again and again and again because it is awesome
 
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