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100 Words to Make You Sound Smart

The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend knowing to sound like you are "in the know."

(found at: http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/booksellers/press_release/100smart/)

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 accolade  
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 acrimony  
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 angst  
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 antidote  
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 avant-garde  
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 baroque  
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 bona fide  
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 Boondoggle  
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 Bourgeois  
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 bravado  
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 brogue  
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 brusque  
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 byzantine  
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 cacophony  
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 camaraderie  
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 Capricious  
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 carte blanche  
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 catch-22  
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 caustic  
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 charisma  
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 cloying  
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 déjà vu  
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 dichotomy  
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 dilettante  
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 disheveled  
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 élan  
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 Ennui  
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 epitome  
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 equanimity  
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 equivocate  
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 esoteric  
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 euphemism  
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 fait accompli  
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 fastidious  
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 faux pas  
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 fiasco  
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 finagle  
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 Freudian slip  
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 glib  
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 gregarious  
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 harbinger  
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 hedonist  
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 heresy  
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 idiosyncratic  
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 idyllic  
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 indelicate  
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 infinitesimal  
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 insidious  
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 junket  
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Created by Perlle on Jul 07, 2007.