The Decemberists are an indie band from Portland, Oregon, and one of my favorite bands of all time. If you've never heard of them, look them up. They are quite unique in the fact that they can describe the most gruesome, violent, explicit things you can imagine in their songs without using a single expletive. Instead, they send you to the dictionary wondering what the hell they just sang about. Here's just a list of some words that they use in their songs that might possibly be useful to you someday, if only to brag about how large your vocabulary is.
Blithe- happy, cheerful, and carefree
Cull- to remove an inferior person or thing from a group
Cupola- a roof or ceiling in the form of a dome
Debonair- looking well-dressed, sophisticated, and at ease
Dolor- intense sadness
Drub- to defeat an opponent comprehensively
Fecundity- the ability to produce many different and original ideas
Folderol- an attractive but valueless object or trinket
Largesse- the generous giving of gifts, money, or favors
Laudanum- a solution of opium in alcohol. Use: formerly, for pain relief.
Lithe- able to move or bend the body lightly and gracefully
Moribund- in the process of becoming obsolete
Odalisque- an enslaved woman or concubine, especially, formerly, in a Turkish harem
Palanquin- a covered seat carried on poles
Paragon- somebody or something that is the very best example of something
Parallax- an apparent change in the position of an object when the person looking at the object changes position
Phalanx- a group of people, animals, or objects that are moving or standing closely together
Reprieve- to halt or delay the punishment of somebody, especially when the punishment is death
Roustabout- an unskilled laborer, especially on an oil-drilling rig, on a ship or wharf, or in a circus
Wanton- lacking restraint or inhibition, especially in sexual behaviour (slutty)
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And while the seagulls are crying,
We fall but our souls are flying.
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