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100 Words to Make You Sound Smart by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries

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The editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries are pleased to present the newest title in the best-selling 100 Words series, 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart. Whether you need to ace an interview, give a speech at a wedding, attend a dinner party, or impress a date, just a quick browse through this book and you'll be on your way to sounding articulate, educated, and literate. 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to sound sharp, sophisticated, and in the know.



A colorful variety of words have been chosen, including handy words of just one syllable (such as glib) and words derived from the names of famous people (such as Freudian slip and Machiavellian). There are expressions from popular culture (Catch-22) and words that date back to classical civilization (spartan and stoic). Each word is clearly defined and shown in context with quotations from magazines, books, newspapers, movies, TV shows, and speeches.



Below is a complete list of the words in 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart:



accolade

acrimony

angst

anomaly

antidote

avant-garde

baroque

bona fide

boondoggle

bourgeois

bravado

brogue

brusque

byzantine

cacophony

camaraderie

capricious

carte blanche

Catch-22

caustic

charisma

cloying

déjà vu

dichotomy

dilettante

disheveled

élan

ennui

epitome

equanimity

equivocate

esoteric

euphemism

fait accompli

fastidious

faux pas

fiasco

finagle

Freudian slip

glib

gregarious

harbinger

hedonist

heresy

idiosyncratic

idyllic

indelicate

infinitesimal

insidious

junket

kitsch

litany

lurid

Machiavellian

malaise

malinger

mantra

maudlin

mercenary

minimalist

misnomer

narcissist

nirvana

non sequitur

nouveau riche

oblivion

ogle

ostentatious

ostracize

panacea

paradox

peevish

perfunctory

philistine

precocious

propriety

quid pro quo

quintessential

red herring

revel

rhetoric

scintillating

spartan

stigma

stoic

suave

Svengali

sycophant

teetotaler

tête-à-tête

tirade

tryst

ubiquitous

unrequited

untenable

vicarious

vile

waft

white elephant

zealous

Did you know that brilliant communication is only 100 words away?The editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries are pleased to present the newest title in the best-selling 100 Words series,. Whether you need to ace an interview, give a speech at a wedding, attend a dinner party, or impress a date, just a quick browse through this book and you'll be on your way to sounding articulate, educated, and literate.is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to sound sharp, sophisticated, and in the know.A colorful variety of words have been chosen, including handy words of just one syllable (such as) and words derived from the names of famous people (such asand). There are expressions from popular culture () and words that date back to classical civilization (and). Each word is clearly defined and shown in context with quotations from magazines, books, newspapers, movies, TV shows, and speeches.Below is a complete list of the words in