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100 words

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accolade any award, honor, or laudatory notice
acrimony sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech
angst anxiety
anomaly a deviation from the common rule
antidote a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
avant-garde the advance group in any field
baroque extravagantly ornate, florid, and convoluted in character or style
bona fide made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud
boondoggle a product of simple manual skill
bourgeois a member of the middle class
bravado a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
brogue any strong regional accent
brusque abrupt in manner; blunt; rough
byzantine of or pertaining to Byzantium
cacophony harsh discordance of sound
camaraderie comradeship; good-fellowship
capricious subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim
carte blanch authority
catch 22 dilemma
caustic flammable
charisma quality that gives a person influence
cloying disgust through excess
deja vu the ilusion of being in the situation before
dichotomy 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 to use unclear expressions
esoteric secret
euphemism substituation
fait accompli an accomplished act
fastidious hard to please
faux pas a sip of manner
fiasco failure
finagle to trick
freudian a slip in words that reveal a persons motives
glib fluent
gregarious sociable
harbinger forerunner
hedonist a person who is in the pursuit of happiness
heresy disbelief from others
idiosyncratic fare habit
idylic ideal
indelicate offensive
infinitesimal very small
insidious sneaky
junket journey
Created by: meehanenglish
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