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100 words to make you sound smart #71-80
Question | Answer |
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Paradox | a statement that contradict itself but that may nonetheless be true |
Peevish | Discontent or irritable |
Perfunctory | Done routinely and with a little interest or care |
Philistine | A person who's smugly indifferent or antagonistic to art and culture |
precocious | displaying or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in intelligence |
propriety | conforming to prevailing customs and usages |
quid pro quo | something given in return for something else or accepted as a reciprocal part of an exchange |
quintessentiel | being the best or most typical example of its kind |
red herring | something draws attention away from the matter at hand. |
revel | to take great pleasure or delight in something |