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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 Indo-European & Semitic Roots Appendices Thousands of entries in the dictionary include etymologies that trace their origins back to reconstructed proto-languages. You can obtain more information about these forms in our online appendices: Indo-European Roots Semitic Roots The Indo-European appendix covers nearly half of the Indo-European roots that have left their mark on English words. A more complete treatment of Indo-European roots and the English words derived from them is available in our Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. 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