It is easy to learn new words through literature, however, most people do not take the time to look them up. Here is a quick list of new words and definitions to spice up a diminishing vocabulary.

• Quaintrelle- (noun) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion, expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
• Ikigai- (noun) A reason for being; the thing that gets one up in the morning.
• Sillage- (noun) The scent that lingers in air; the trail left in water; the impression made in space after something or someone has been and gone; the trace of someone’s perfume.
• Saorsa- (noun) Freedom, liberty.
• Ineffable- (adjective) Too great to be expressed in words.
• Aeipathy- (noun) An enduring and consuming passion.
• Abditory- (noun) A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place.

Sophomores Noor Abdellatif and Rachel Malsch share their tips for discovering new vocabulary to add to their repertoire.

“Typically, when I discover new vocabulary, I encounter it through my reading by highlighting the word and looking it up later, which helps me remember the word in the future,” said Abdellatif.

Malsch uses a similar technique.

“I find new vocabulary by going online and finding synonyms for words,” said Malsch. “I tend to do this a lot in essays so it makes it less boring and more interesting, or at times, I go old school and use a dictionary.”

It is always a good idea to use resources when writing a formal paper and dictionaries are a great way to expand one’s vocabulary. Try incorporating these new words, discovered and defined courtesy of www.pinterest.com and www.dictionary.com into this week’s essays.