100 Words To Make You Sound Smart

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Accolade

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1. an award or privilege granted as a special honor.

2. a touch on a persons shoulders with a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood.

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acrimony

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bitterness or ill feeling

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angst

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a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one typically about the human condition or the state of the world in general

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anomaly

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1. something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
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antidote

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a medicine taken or given to counteract to counteract a particular poison

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avant-garde

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new or unusual experimental ideas, esp. in the arts, or the people introducing them

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baroque

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relating to or denoting a style of european architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerisms and is characterized by ornate detail

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bona fide

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genuine, real

sincerely; without intention to deceive

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boondoggle

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1. work or activate that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value
2. a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft

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bourgeois

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of or characteristic of middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes