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EaglenR
100 Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accolade | Award |
| Acrimony | Harshness through speech |
| Angst | Anxiety |
| Anomaly | Something out of the ordinary |
| Antidote | Remedy |
| Avant-garde | Unorthodox or experimental methods |
| Baroque | Elaborate |
| Bona fide | Truth |
| Boondoggle | Meaningless act to look busy |
| Bourgeois | Middle class |
| Bravado | Swaggering display of courage |
| Brogue | Strong accent |
| Brusque | abrupt in manner |
| Byzantine | complex or intricate |
| Cacophony | harsh discordance of sound |
| Camaraderie | Comradeship |
| Capricious | obsolete |
| Carte blanche | unconditional authority |
| Catch-22 | trapped by contradictory positions |
| caustic | capable of burning living tissue |
| Charisma | charm |
| Cloying | Excess of something causing disgust |
| deja vu | repeat in time |
| dichotomy | division into 2 parts |
| dilettante | Person that does an activity for amusement |
| Disheveled | unorganized |
| elan | dash |
| ennui | boredom |
| Epitome | A model |
| Equanimity | calmness |
| Equivocate | to use unclear expressions |
| esoteric | belonging to a select few |
| euphemism | sarcasm |
| Fait Accompli | An accomplished fact |
| Fastidious | critical or demanding |
| Faux pas | A slip or blunder in manners |
| Fiasco | complete failure |
| Finagle | To obtain something by deceitfulness |
| Freudian slip | Social blunder |
| Glib | readily fluent |
| Gregarious | social |
| Harbinger | forerunner |
| Hedonist | person whos life is dedicated to the pursuit of happiness |
| Heresy | Belief strongly variance |
| Idiosyncratic | Quirk |
| Idyllic | tranquilic |
| indelicate | indecent or improper |
| infinitesimal | exceedingly small |
| insidious | sneaky |
| junket | pleasure excursion |
| kitsch | appeals to popular taste |
| litany | repetitive recital |
| lurid | gruesome |
| Machiavellian | cunning |
| Malaise | body weakness |
| malinger | pretend illness |
| mantra | recitation |
| maudlin | weakly emotional |
| mercenary | working only for money |
| minimalist | does as little as possible to get by |
| misnomer | mistake |
| narcissist | conceded |
| nirvana | paradise |
| non sequitar | common sense |
| nouveau riche | someone who is newly rich |
| oblivion | Hell |
| Ogle | gawk |
| ostentatious | intended to attract notice |
| ostracize | to exclude |
| panacea | a cure |
| Paradox | a self--contradictig, false statement |
| peevish | irritable |
| perfunctory | a persons daily routine |
| philistine | vulgarian |
| precocious | advanced in development espcially mentally |
| propriety | property |
| quid pro quo | equal exchange |
| quintessential | pureness |
| Red herring | distraction |
| Revel | to celebrate |
| rhetoric | persuading someone to do something |
| scintillating | animated |
| spartan | self-displined |
| stigma | mark of disgrace |
| stoic | unemotional |
| suave | smooth |
| svengali | person who dominates another mentally |
| sycophant | self-seeker |
| teetotaler | person who abstains from alcohol |
| tete-a-tete | private conversation |
| tirade | a long speech |
| tryst | an appointed meeting place between lovers |
| ubiquitous | being every where at once |
| unrequited | not returned |
| untenable | not inhabitable |
| vicarious | sacrificed |
| Vile | disgusting |
| Waft | to spread lightly through air |
| white elephant | an unwanted possession by an owner |
| Zealous | full of zeal |
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