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100 Words To Make You Sound Smarter

QuestionAnswer
Accolade Something done or given as a sign of respect.
Acrimony Bitterness or sharpness of manner or speech.
Angst A feeling of dread or anxiety.
Anomaly Something that deviates from the normal.
Antidote Anything that works against an evil or unwanted condition.
Avant-garde Out of the ordinary.
Baroque Having many decorations and fancy, curved designs.
Bona fide In good faith; genuine
Boondoggle Product of simple or manual skill of little or no value.
Bourgeois Person of the middle class.
Bravado Swaggering display of courage.
Brogue Strong Irish accent.
Brusque Abrupt in manner.
Byzantine Elaborate.
Cacophony Harsh discordance of sound.
Camaraderie good fellowship.
Capricious Irradic.
Carte Blache Unconditional authority.
Catch-22 Frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory conditions.
Caustic Capable of burning, corroding, or detroying living tissue.
Charisma Great person or charm.
Cloying Sickly sweet.
Deja Vu Already seen or experienced.
Dichotomy Divide into 2 parts.
Dilettante Person who takes up an art.
Disheveled Unkempt in appearance.
Elan Impetuous.
Ennui Feeling of utter weariness.
Epitome Perfect example.
Equanimity Emotional stability
Equivocate To use unclear expressions.
Esoteric Understood or meant for only the select few interested.
Euphemism Subtitution of a vague expression thought to be harsh.
Fait accompli An accomplished fact.
Fastidious Excessively critical.
Faux pas Slip in manners or conduct.
Fiasco Complete failure.
Finagle To trick a person.
Freudian slip An inadverdent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's wishes.
Glib Readily fluent, often thoughtlessly.
Gregarious Sociable.
Harbinger Foreshadows something else.
Hedonist Life devoted to pleasing his/herself.
Heresy Crime against the church.
Idiosyncratic Peculiar characteristic to an individual.
Idyllic Tranquilic.
Indelicate Offensive.
Infinitesimal Exceedingly small.
Insidious Intended to enrtap; corrupting.
Junket A pleasurable outing.
Kitsch Appeals to popular taste.
Litany Recital of items.
Machiavellian Deceitful.
Malaise A condition of general body weakness.
Malinger To pretend illness.
Mantra A word or formula.
Maudlin Weakly Emotional.
Mercenary Working for just money.
Minimalist Favors moderate approach to achievement of goals.
Lurid Gruesome.
Misnomer Error in naming a person or thing.
Narcissist Vanity.
Nirvana Freedom from the world.
Non sequitur Illogical conclusion.
Nourean riche Newly rich.
Oblivion State of confusion.
Ogle To look or stare.
Ostentatious Overly showy.
Ostracize Exile; banish.
Panacea Acure-all.
Paradox Contrary to received opinion.
Peevish Querulous in temperament or mood.
Perfunctory Superficial.
Philistine Antagonistic in art or culture.
Precocious Unusually advanced; mature.
Propriety Conformity to proper behavior.
Quid pro quo One thing in exchange for another.
Quitessential The epitome of something; best example.
Red herring Intended to divert attention from a problem.
Revel To take great pleasure or delight.
Rhetoric Overly exaggerated use of words.
Scintillating Anitmated; witty.
Spartan Minimalist.
Stigma A mark of disgrace or infamy.
Stoic Unmoved by joy or grief.
Created by: meehanenglish
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