List: Words I Dislike

Here is my list of words I dislike. There are various reasons for my disdain for these words - some I don't like the way they sound, other are because of what they mean, others are because I can't decide how I want to say them. I won't go into specific details on why I don't like these specific words. But here is my list:

* lover
* garage
* apricot
* meds
* facts
* texted
* clothes
* cis-gender
* winged
* route
* al dente
* tend