Sets #1, 2, 3, & 4 (Words 1-100): 100 Words to Make You Sounds Smart

An expression of approval; a special acknowledgment, such as an award

Bitter, sharp hostility, esp. in a speech

A feeling of anxiety or apprehension

Someone or something that deviates from normal/common form, order, or rule; abnormality

An agent that counteracts something that is poisonous or otherwise harmful

A group that creates/promotes innovative or unconventional ideas in a given field, esp. the arts

Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, esp. in ornamentation

Made or carried out in good faith; sincere; authentic; genuine

An unnecessary or wasteful activity

Relating to/typical of the middle class, esp. in espousing respectability and conventional materialistic values

A show of bravery or defiance, often intended to make an impression or mislead someone

A strong dialectal accent, esp. a strong Irish or Scottish accent in English

Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt

Highly complicated; intricate and involved

Jarring, discordant sound

Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship

Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable

Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority

A situation where a desired outcome or solution is impossible to attain b/c contradictory rules/conditions

Incisively critical or sarcastic; cutting

Exceptional personal magnetism or charm

Causing distaste or disgust because of an excess of something originally pleasant

An impression of having seen or experienced something before

A division into two contrasting things or parts

A person with superficial interest in an art/field of knowledge; a dabbler; superficial; amateurish

Being in loose disarray; marked by disorder; untidy

Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness; distinctive style or flair

Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom

The best or most representative example of a class or type

The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure

To use vague or ambiguous language to avoid committing oneself to a position or to deceive

Intended for or understood by only a restricted number of people

A mild, indirect, or vague word used instead of one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive

An accomplished, presumably irreversible deed or fact

Possessing or displaying meticulous attention to detail; excessively scrupulous or sensitive, esp. in taste

A social blunder

A complete failure

To obtain or achieve something by cleverness or deviousness, esp. in using words

A verbal mistake that is thought to reveal an unconscious belief, thought, or emotion

Performed with natural, offhand ease; marked by ease/fluency of speech/writing from insincerity

Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable

Something that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner

A person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure, esp. to the pleasure of the senses

An opinion or a teaching at variance with established beliefs or opinions

Peculiar to a specific individual or group

Tranquil, carefree, or picturesque

Marked by a lack of good taste or consideration for the feelings of others; tactless or improper

Immeasurably or incalculably small

Doing harm in a subtle or imperceptible manner; treacherous

A trip or tour, esp. taken by an official at public expense or by a guest of a business-seeking patron

Art or other objects appealing to popular taste, as by being gaudy or overly sentimental

A repetitive recital or list

Characterized by vivid description or explicit details that are meant to provoke or shock

Characterized by cunning and deceit

A general sense of unease

Conformity to prevailing customs and usages

Something given in return for something else or accepted as a reciprocal exchange

Being the best or most typical example of its kind

Something that draws attention away from the matter at hand

To take great pleasure or delight in something

Language that is intended to persuade, esp. when viewed as lacking intellectual merit

Lively and exceptionally intelligent; animated and brilliant

Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained; having a simple or severe manner or appear.

An association of disgrace or public disapproval with a characteristic, condition, or behavior

Seemingly indifferent to pleasure and pain; showing little or no emotion

Gracious and sophisticated

A person who manipulates or controls another for malicious purposes, esp. by personality

A person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people; submissive

One who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages

A private conversation between two people

A long, angry speech, usually of a critical nature

An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place; a meeting or mtg place

Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time

Not given, rewarded, or felt in return

Impossible to maintain or defend, as against criticism; impossible to tolerate or endure

Experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person

Loathsome; disgusting; morally depraved or wicked

To move or cause to move gently and smoothly through the air

A possession that is burdensome to or unwanted by its owner

Passionately devoted to a cause, ideal, or goal

To fake illness in order to avoid work or duty

A word or phrase that is expressed repeatedly, as in reaffirming an idea or motivating someone

Excessively sentimental

Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain

Characterized by the use of only the simplest or most essential elements, as in arts, lit, design

A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object

One who is excessively preoccupied with oneself; an extremely self-centered person

An ideal condition of harmony, stability, or joy

A statement that does not follow logically from what precedes it

Characterized by newly acquired wealth, esp. when it is flaunted

The condition of being completely forgotten; a condition of total forgetfulness

To stare at something, esp. in a desirous or impertinent manner

Characterized by showiness meant to impress others; pretentious in display

To exclude from a group

A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all

A statement that seems to contradict itself but that may nonetheless be true

Discontented or irritable

Done routinely and with little interest or care

A person who is smugly indifferent or antagonistic to art and culture; displaying or characterizing the attitude

Displaying or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, esp. in intelligence