The answer to how many words there are in the English lexicon is usually thought to be just over a million.  Most well-read Americans commonly use around 200,000 on a regular basis and understand roughly 700,000.

I love learning new words. Two words that I heard used a lot this week were not actually new to me.  I knew what they meant when I read them. I hardly ever use them and really hope I don’t have the occasion to use them in my daily life ever again.

Concupiscence just means lust.

I spend a lot of time at the dog park

Brinksmanship is the practice of pushing dangerous events to the verge of—or to the brink of—disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome.

I spend a lot of time in The United States of America.