Out of curiosity, I decided to look up how often some words appear in Inheritance and Twilight. I couldn't think of many annoying repeats in Inheritance, so if you've got suggestions of things for me too look up, I'll add them.
Inheritance:
Meat
-Eragon: 42
-Eldest: 40
-Brisingr: 32
Total: 112
Mmm, meat.
Throb
-Eragon: 14
-Eldest: 15
-Brisingr: 23
Total: 53
It's really fun to note how
Breaking Dawn numbers tend to throw off the averages, particularly on adjectives.
Twilight:
Chagrin
-Twilight: 4
-New Moon: 2
-Eclipse: 4
-Breaking Dawn: 5
Total: 15
I was actually rather surprised at the low count. I guess it's just the fact that she almost never uses it correctly that gets under people's skins.
Topaz/Gold (describing eyes)
-Twilight: 3/31
-New Moon: 2/12
-Eclipse: 2/13
-Breaking Dawn: 3/15
Totals: 10/71
Perfect /Perfection/Perfectly
-Twilight: 55
-New Moon: 51
-Eclipse: 59
-Breaking Dawn: 117- apparently everyone is perfect in Breaking Dawn.
Total: 282
Beautiful
-Twilight: 28
-New Moon: 45
-Eclipse: 31
-Breaking Dawn: 62
Total: 166
Velvet
-Twilight: 5
-New Moon: 13
-Eclipse: 9
-Breaking Dawn: 7
Total: 34
Few people laugh in SMeyer's books; they chuckle instead. Probably with chagrin. There's a LOT of murmuring in here, too, much more than I expected.
Growl
-Twilight: 15. And only one is an animal.
-New Moon: 26
-Eclipse: 45
-Breaking Dawn: 71
Total: 157
Chuckle
-Twilight: 39
-New Moon: 29
-Eclipse: 39
-Breaking Dawn: 43
Total: 150
Murmur
-Twilight: 46
-New Moon: 30
-Eclipse: 95
-Breaking Dawn: 111 -Can no one just talk anymore?
Total: 282
User Suggested:
Marble (kyllorac)
-Twilight: 9
-New Moon: 9
-Eclipse: 6
-Breaking Dawn: 6
Total: 30
Twice as many 'marbles' as 'chagrins'.
Statue (derrick_mace)
-Twilight: 7
-New Moon: 4
-Eclipse: 5
-Breaking Dawn: 6
Total: 22