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100 words to make you sound smarter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bravado | a protentious, swaggering display of courage |
| brogue | Irish accent |
| brusque | abrupt in manner |
| byzantine | complex |
| cacophony | harsh discordance of sound |
| camaradarie | good fellowship |
| capricious | subject to; led by |
| carte blanche | unconditional authority |
| Catch-22 | a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by conditions |
| caustic | capable of burning |
| charisma | great personal charm |
| cloying | causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion |
| deja vu | the illusion of having previously experienced something |
| dichotomy | diversion into two parts |
| dilettante | a person who talks up an art, activity, pr subject |
| disheveled | hanging loosely or in disorder |
| elan | dash |
| ennui | a feeling of utter weariness and discontent |
| epitome | a person or thing that is typical of high degree |
| equanimity | mental or emotional stability or composure |
| accolade | an approving mention or award |
| acrimony | bitterness or harshness |
| angst | a feeling of anxiety |
| anomaly | abnormality |
| antidote | a remedy |
| avant-garde | the leaders in new movements |
| baroque | very ornate and full of curved lines |
| bonafide | in good faith |
| boondoggle | mindless, pointless activity |
| bourgeois | middle class |
| equivocate | to deceive |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by a select few |
| euphemism | the use of a less direct word or phrase for one considered offensive |
| fait accompli | something done or in effect, making opposition useless |
| fastidious | not easy to please |
| fauz pas | a social blunder |
| fiasco | a complete ridiculous failure |
| finagle | to get by, or use, craftiness |
| Freudian slip | a mistake made in speaking |
| glib | speaken or spoken smoothly, often too smoothly |
| kitsch | something of touchy design, appearance or content |
| litany | a ceremonial form of prayer |
| lurid | gruesome, horrible |
| machiavellian | a cunning or deceiteful characteristic |
| malaise | a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort |
| malinger | to pretend illness |
| mantra | to change or prayer |
| maudlin | tearfully or weakly emotional |
| mercenary | acting or working merely for money |
| minimalist | holds minimal expectations |
| misnomer | a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation |
| narcissist | one who is self-loving |
| nirvanna | freedom from the endless cycle of reincarnation |
| non sequitur | an inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises |
| nouveau riche | a person who is newly rich |
| oblivion | the state of being completely forgotten or unknown |
| ogle | to look at flirtatiously |
| obstentatious | flashiness |
| ostracize | to exclude from society |
| panacea | a remedy for all diseases or illnesses |
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