The Original: Words that make you sound smart (accept no imitations)

sherryl B. (United States of America)
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  1. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  2. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  3. laconic
    brief and to the point
  4. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  5. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  6. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  7. anthropomorphic
    suggesting human features for animals or inanimate things
  8. corpulent
    excessively large
  9. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  10. exoteric
    suitable for the general public
  11. elegiac
    resembling or characteristic of a lament for the dead
  12. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  13. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  14. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  15. platitudinous
    dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
  16. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
Created on Mon Jun 09 05:50:52 EDT 2008

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