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100 words you will never need to know

QuestionAnswer
Accolade A ceremonial embrace
Acrimony speech
Angst anxiety
Anomaly deivation from the norm
Antidote Cure
Avant-garde advanced group
Baroque flamboyant
Bona Fide Authentic
Boondoggle Product of simple skill
Bourgeois Middle Class
Bravado Display of fake courage
Brogue An irish accent
Brusque Abrupt in manner
Byzantine Well-liked architecture
Cacophony Harsh sounds
Camarederie Good fellowship
Capricious Obsolete
Carte Blanche Authority
Catch 22 Dilemma
Caustic Flammable
Charisma Quality that gives a person influence
Cloying Disgust through excess
Deja Vu The illusion of being in a situation before
Dichtomy Division into 2 parts
Dilettante Lover of art
Disheveled Hanging loosely
Elan Liveliness
Ennui Lack of interest
Epitome A high degree of something
Equanimity Calmness
Equivocate Unclear expression to decieve
Esoteric Secret
Eupherism Substitution
Fait Accompli An accomplished fact
Fastidious Hard to please
Faux Pas A slip of manner
Fiasco Failure
Finagle To trick
Freudian Slip A slip in words that reveal a person's motives
Glib Fluent
Gregarious Sociable
Harbinger Forerunner
Hedonist Person who is in the pursuit of happiness
Heresy Disbelief from others
Idiosyncratic Rare habit
Idyllic ideal
Indelicate Offensive
Infinitesimal Very small
Insidious Sneaky
Junket journey
Kitsch popular design
Lurid Gruesome
Machiavellian Dishonest
Malaise weakness
Malinger pretend illness to avoid work
Mantra Word
Maudlin Emotional
Mercenary Soldier for hire
Minimalist someone who doesn't expect much out of something
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