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100 word to make you sound smart
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accolade | something done or given as a sign of great respect. |
| acrimony | bitterness of manner or speech. |
| angst | a feeling of anxiety. |
| anomaly | anything not following the usual rule or pattern. |
| antidote | a substance taken to act against the effect of poison. |
| avant-garde | unorthodox style of art. |
| baroque | having many decorations and fancy curved designs. |
| bravado | boasting |
| brogue | Irish accent |
| brusque | abrupt in speech/manner |
| byzantine | complex |
| cacophony | dissonance |
| camaraderie | friendship |
| capricious | given to sudden behavior change |
| carte blanche` | complete authority |
| catch-22 | no-win situation |
| caustic | burning/corrosive |
| bona fide | without fraud |
| boondoggle | waste of time |
| bourgeois | person of middle class |
| charisma | great personal charm |
| cloying | sickly sweet |
| deja-vu | already seen or experienced |
| dichotomy | division |
| dilettante | person who dabbles in an activity |
| disheveled | untidy |
| elan | vivacity |
| ennui | boredom |
| epitome | perfect example |
| equanimity | levelheadedenss |
| equivocate | to decieve |
| esoteric | inside joke |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or offensive expression |
| fait accompli | a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible |
| fastidious | scornful/hard to please |
| faux pas | social blunder |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| finagle | to obtain by indirect or involved means |
| freudian slip | a slip of the tongue |
| glib | marked by ease or informality |
| gregarious | sociable |
| habinger | forerunner |
| hedonist | a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure |
| heresy | unorthodox opinion |
| idiosyncratic | peculiar |
| idyllic | perfect/epitome |
| indelicate | obscene |
| infinitesimal | small |
| insidious | sneaky |
| junket | a trip |
| kitsch | something of tawdry design |
| litany | recital of items |
| lurid | shocking |
| Machiavellian | scheming |
| malaise | depression/sickness |
| malinger | evade |
| mantra | chorus of song |
| maudlin | over-emotional |
| mercenary | working for money or award |
| minimalist | someone who uses the least amount of materials |
| misnomer | a misapplied name or designation |
| narcissist | eqotist |
| nirvana | enlightenment |
| non sequitur | inference |
| nouveau riche | newly rich |
| oblivion | mental blankness |
| ogle | to stare |
| ostentatious | flashiness |
| ostracize | exile |
| panacea | a remedy for all disease |
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meehanenglish
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