Spell Words

In Anacapia, any word can become a spell word as long as you do the work to write it. (And find a qualified wordsmith to scribe it into your vade—which isn’t easy given that the government is fighting to prevent independent magic. They want all spells regulated and controlled by the government…)

While everyday spells can use everyday words, when you’re writing offensive and defensive spells designed to protect you and your loved ones, you’ll want to select an obscure word that won’t reveal to your opponent what the spell does in advance. (Twenty-five cent words, as Rove calls them.) That’s why it’s best to choose obscure words such as these:

Brimborion – a word meaning worthless nonsense, trash

Buccellation – act of dividing into small morsels

Carapace – a hard layer that covers and protects animals such as crabs and turtles

Celeripedean – swift-footed

Fumificate – to make or cause smoke or incense

Gelicide – a frost

Jungible – that may be joined

Lugent – weeping; mourning

Murklins – in the dark

Obrumpent – breaking; bursting

Petrogenesis – formation or development of rocks

Resarciate – to mend; to make amends

Scathefire – great destructive fire; conflagration

Sospital – keeping safe and healthy; preserving from danger

Terraqueous – amphibious; consisting of land and water

Torpid – numb; lethargic; having lost the power to act

Tremefy – to cause to tremble