Smartest Man in the World Podcast

Victor F. (United States of America)
Greg Proops's vocabulary from the Smartest Man in the World Podcast.
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  1. oeuvre
    the total output of a writer or artist
  2. parapet
    a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
  3. salubrious
    promoting health
  4. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  5. ether
    a medium that was once thought to fill all space
  6. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  7. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  8. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  9. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  10. Negritude
    an ideological position that holds Black culture to be independent and valid on its own terms; an affirmation of the African cultural heritage
  11. plethora
    extreme excess
  12. potpourri
    a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  13. effervescent
    giving off bubbles
  14. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  15. verboten
    forbidden or prohibited
  16. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  17. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  18. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  19. cortege
    the group following and attending to some important person
  20. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  21. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  22. stasis
    inactivity resulting from a balance between opposing forces
  23. diaspora
    the dispersion of something that was originally localized
  24. ameliorate
    make better
  25. laureate
    someone honored for great achievements
  26. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  27. incantation
    a ritual reciting of words believed to have a magical effect
  28. invocation
    the act of appealing for help
  29. prestigious
    having an excellent reputation; respected
  30. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  31. pogrom
    organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews
  32. opine
    express one's view openly and without fear or hesitation
  33. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  34. halcyon
    idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquility
  35. perpetuity
    the property of being seemingly ceaseless
  36. baroque
    relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
  37. repose
    freedom from activity
  38. posit
    put (something somewhere) firmly
  39. benison
    a spoken blessing
  40. outre
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  41. septuagenarian
    someone whose age is in the seventies
  42. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  43. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
  44. regale
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  45. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  46. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
Created on Fri Dec 06 21:25:16 EST 2013 (updated Fri Mar 14 18:40:30 EDT 2014)

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