100
Words That
Make You
Sound
Smart
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ARE YOU SMART?
• Some of us are really smart …
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ARE YOU SMART?
• But many of us have to fake it …
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Help is at hand!
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There are
100 Words
that
will make
you sound
smart!
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Word #1
• Epitome (noun): The best or most representative example
of a class or type. “This is Sam, the epitome of an ugly
dog.”
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Word #2
• Finagle (verb): To
obtain or achieve
something by cleverness
or deviousness,
especially in using
words. “The beggar
finagled a dollar out of
me with his sad story.”
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Word #3
• Gregarious (adjective): Seeking and enjoying the
company of others; sociable. “Since the time of the cave
man, humans have always be quite gregarious animals.”
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Word #4
• Panacea (noun): A remedy for all diseases, evils or
difficulties; a cure-all. “Comedy is a great panacea at times
of trouble.”
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Word #5
• Perfunctory (adjective): Done routinely and with little
interest or care. “Social reforms must go on, but they should
be genuine, not perfunctory.”
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Erudite Presentation
is only 100 Words Away!
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accolade
The 100 Words
élan kitsch
litany quid pro quo
acrimony ennui quintessential
angst epitome lurid
Machiavellian red herring
anomaly equanimity revel
antidote equivocate malaise
malinger rhetoric
avant-garde esoteric scintillating
baroque euphemism mantra
maudlin Spartan
bona fide fait accompli stigma
boondoggle fastidious mercenary
minimalist stoic
bourgeois faux pas suave
bravado fiasco misnomer
narcissist Svengali
brogue finagle sycophant
brusque Freudian slip nirvana
non sequitur teetotaller
Byzantine glib tête-à-tête
cacophony gregarious nouveau riche
oblivion tirade
camaraderie harbinger tryst
capricious hedonist ogle
ostentatious ubiquitous
carte blanche heresy unrequited
Catch-22 idiosyncratic ostracize
panacea untenable
caustic idyllic vicarious
charisma indelicate paradox
peevish vile
cloying infinitesimal waft
déjà vu insidious perfunctory
philistine white elephant
dichotomy junket zealous
dilettante precocious
dishevelled propriety
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In Class Assignment
Write a 100 word talk (approx. 1 minute) on
any subject using at least FIVE of these
words in the context.
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Here Endeth The Lesson …
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