Somewhat ironically, however, study after study has shown that using big words usually makes people sound dumb.
There is a time and a place for big words.
Remember, sometimes, a big word works better.
Angello Lopez
Accoutrements
trappings, esp.
related to apparel
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Acumen ability, skill
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Anachronistic a story that didnt actually happen
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Anagnorisis the moment in a story when the main character realizes something that leads to a resolution
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Anomalist difficult to classify
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Assiduous painstaking; taking great care through hard work
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Consanguineous of the same blood or same ancestor
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Cynosure center of attention
Big Words (D)
23.
Desideratum something needed or wanted
Big Words (E)
26.
Euouae a medieval musical term; the longest word in a major dictionary entirely composed of vowels
29.
Excogitate to plan
Big Words (F)
31.
Florid red and inflamed
32.
Fortuitous lucky
33.Frugal cheap, thrifty
Big Words (G-M)
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Grandiloquent verbally pompous
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Indubitably without a doubt
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Ivoriate to cover in ivory
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Milieu environment
Big Words (N-P)
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Nidificate to build a nest
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Nonchalant carefree and unbothered
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Osculator one who loves or is loved
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Parastratiosphecomyiastratiosphecomyiodes a species of fly native to Thailand
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Penultimate second to last
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Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism an inherited thyroid disorder
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Psychotomimetic inducing psychotic alteration of behavior and personality
Big Words (Q-Z)
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Querulous fussy
59 Rancorous bitter and argumentative
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Saxicolous something that lives on rocks
63.Sesquipedalian involving long words, just like this article
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Squirrelled put away; the longest one-syllable word in the English language
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Supercilious when a person is arrogant
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Synergy extra energy generated by cooperation
69.Unencumbered free
70.
Unparagoned without equal
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