150 Words you Should Know

**RobC1907** · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: 150 Words you Should Know

These are all words that you should know and be using on a regular basis.

1. jocund :Full of or expressing high-spirited merriment; light-hearted; pleasant, cheering, delightful.
2. panoply: A splendid or impressive array.
3. miscreant:A vile wretch; an evildoer; a villain, rascal
4. fugacious :Lasting but a short time; volatile.
5. respit:An interval of rest or relief
6. somnolent: Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
7. cavil :A captious or frivolous objection
8. daedal :Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious
9. clinquant :Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled
10. assiduous : Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting
11. intractable : Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed
12. detritus : Loose material
13. eschew :To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste
14. apogee : (Astronomy) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
15. cant : The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation
16. imbroglio :A complicated and embarrassing state of things
17. levity : Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character
18. choler :Irritation of the passions
19. inure :To use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience
20. vociferous :Making a loud outcry
21. beneficence :The practice of doing good
22. plenary : Full; entire; complete; absolute
23. lassitude :Lack of vitality or energy
24. chary :Careful; wary
25. descry : To catch sight of, especially objects distant or obscure
26. cynosure : Anything to which attention is strongly turned
27. chimerical :Merely imaginary
28. sybarite :A person devoted to luxury and pleasure
29. gourmand :One who eats to excess
30. animadversion : Harsh criticism or disapproval
31. inculcate :To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
32. pusillanimous :Lacking in courage and resolution
33. mien :Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage
34. garrulous :Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative
35. aggrandize : To make great
36. bombast:High-sounding words
37. cupidity :Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth
38. berate :To scold severely or angrily
39. sardonic :Derisive, mocking, scornful, or bitterly sarcastic
40. raconteur :A person skilled in telling anecdotes or stories
41. polymath :A person of great or varied learning
42. extempore :Without previous study or meditation
43. blandishment :Flattery intended to persuade
44. quiddity : The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing
45. surfeit : Excess in eating and drinking
46. perspicacity :Clearness of understanding or insight
47. aberrant :Markedly different from an accepted norm
48. ennui :A feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction
49. invidious: Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy
50. noisome: Noxious to health; hurtful;
51. affable : Easy to be spoken to or addressed
52. exacerbate :To render more violent or bitter
53. misnomer :Any misnaming of a person or thing
54. lackadaisical : lacking spirit or liveliness
55. hauteur :Haughty manner or spirit
56. voluble: Marked by a ready flow of speech
57. skulk : To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
58. ostracize: To expel from a community or group
59. autocrat : An absolute sovereign
60. beholden :Obliged
61. aplomb: confidence; coolness
62. disheveled: disordered; disorderly; untidy
63. precocious: characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development
64. reticent: inclined to keep silent
65. legerdemain: sleight of hand.
66. vituperate: to overwhelm with wordy abuse
67. foment: to nurse to life or activity; to encourage
68. contumely: rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt
69. philomath: a lover of learning
70. aesthete: one who cultivates great sensitivity to beauty
71. nefarious: wicked in the extreme
72. proclivity: a natural inclination
73. flout: to treat with contempt.
74. sesquipedalian: (of words) long; having many syllables
75. inchoate: partially but not fully in existence or operation
76. wayworn: wearied by traveling
77. crepuscular: pertaining to twilight
78. chagrin: acute vexation or embarrassment
79. perforce: by necessity
80. evanescent: liable to vanish or pass away like vapor
81. quotidian: of an everyday character; ordinary.
82. specious: apparently correct, but not so in reality
83. munificent: very generous
84. intransigent: not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course
85. tortuous: marked by repeated turns and bends
86. autodidact: a person who is self-taught
87. fatuous: weak; silly; stupid; foolish
88. taciturn: not apt to talk or speak
89. confluence: a coming together
90. enervate: to weaken
91. recondite: incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding
92. paroxysm: any sudden and violent emotion; a fit
93. copious: large in number or quantity
94. exalt: to praise, glorify, or honor
95. erroneous: containing or characterized by error
96. prescience: knowledge of events before they take place
97. ineluctable: Impossible to avoid
98. obdurate: hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked
99. banal: commonplace; trivial
100. superfluous: more than is wanted or is sufficient
101. gregarious: seeking and enjoying the company of others
102. erudite: characterized by extensive reading or knowledge
103. insouciant: nonchalant
104. salubrious: healthful; promoting health
105. verbiage: the use of many words without necessity
106. ascribe: to attribute, as to a cause
107. adamant: not capable of being swayed
108. desideratum: anything desired
109. ersatz: being a substitute or imitation
110. solace: comfort in grief
111. triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13
112. stoic: indifferent to pleasure or pain.
113. puerile: displaying a lack of maturity
114. innocuous: harmless
115. colloquial: characteristic of informal spoken language
116. eleemosynary: relating to charity
117. incongruous: lacking in harmony
118. apposite: being of striking appropriateness
119. tumult: the commotion or agitation of a crowd
120. riparian: of or pertaining to the bank of a river.
121. dilatory: inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
122. edify: to instruct and improve
123. impecunious: not having money
124. polyglot: speaking many languages.
125. extant: still in existence
126. verdant: covered with growing plants or grass; green
127. Whig: a friend and supporter of the American Revolution
128. trepidation: quaking; quivering
129. torrid: drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching
130. gnomic: uttering or containing maxims
131. avarice: an excessive desire of gain; greediness
132. torpid: dull; sluggish; inactive
133. ameliorate: to make better.
134. bestow: to give or confer.
135. comestible: suitable to be eaten
136. requisite: necessary, indispensable
137. prolix: unnecessarily long
138. Zeitgeist: the spirit of the time.
139. numismatics: the collection and study of coins
140. palpable: plain; distinct; obvious
141. antediluvian: extremely old
142. melee: a hand to hand conflict
143. genial: sympathetically cheerful and cheering
144. raucous: unpleasantly loud and harsh
145. aberrant: markedly different from an accepted norm
146. diffident: showing modest reserve
147. knell: the stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral
148. cogent: having the power to compel conviction
149. mordant: biting; caustic; sarcastic.
150. vexillology: the study of flags

**Vicious88** · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:55 pm Post subject:

I had the joy of previously knowing between 20 - 25% of these, but it's always nice to know more.
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**sweetie79** · VIP Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 403 Location: Home

wow, that is a long list of words....
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**Rita** · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject:

I really like learning new words, you should add the parts of speach...Though, I would assume most of them are adjectives. ^_^"I'm gonna melee you so bad!"ha ha just kidding.
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**RobC1907** · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject:

Most of these words are very sesquipedalian ^.^

**flozz** · Uploader Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 317 Location: UK

it would be fatuous to used all the word in one sentence any people reading this would think it is chimerical
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**Vicious88** · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject:

While I'm sure we're all philomaths. lets not be fatuous, if we used all of these words in one sentance, it would be very incongruous. Besides, if we vituperate each and every post, it would just be banal.

Lol, Pwned.
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"Why not? Something has to work. Once, I dug a pit and filled it with clouds. Or was it clowns? Doesn't matter. It didn't slow him down. To be honest, it wasn't the best idea. And it really began to smell. Must have been clowns. Clouds don't smell bad. They taste of butter! And tears."

**RobC1907** · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

Vicious, your palpable and very copious collection of words in that post is too aberrant for my liking.