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Words to Try to Use in Colloquial Speech Without Sounding Like a Pretentious Ass

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truculent   has been listed 110 times with 6 comments

sophiology   has been listed 1 time with 3 comments

syncretion   has been listed 3 times with 4 comments

theophanic   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

noetic   has been listed 36 times with 1 comment

festinate   has been listed 12 times with 1 comment

flibbertigibbet   has been listed 143 times with 6 comments

callithump   has been listed 11 times with 0 comments

insouciance   has been listed 77 times with 4 comments

exiguous   has been listed 51 times with 4 comments

slake   has been listed 50 times with 9 comments

corybantic   has been listed 12 times with 1 comment

indigence   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments

abstruse   has been listed 88 times with 2 comments

infra dig   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments

lugubrious   has been listed 255 times with 19 comments

diurnal   has been listed 41 times with 0 comments

pooh-bah   has been listed 6 times with 2 comments

mordant   has been listed 82 times with 2 comments

cogent   has been listed 77 times with 2 comments

susurrous   has been listed 21 times with 1 comment

replete   has been listed 42 times with 0 comments

hofles   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

ejulation   has been listed 5 times with 1 comment

irreption   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments

zaddik   has been listed 1 time with 2 comments

xenodochium   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments

williwaw   has been listed 32 times with 4 comments

inkhorn   has been listed 25 times with 1 comment

venustate   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

velleity   has been listed 76 times with 7 comments

vecordious   has been listed 4 times with 1 comment

vatic   has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

usufruct   has been listed 37 times with 2 comments

unasinous   has been listed 12 times with 1 comment

flummery   has been listed 44 times with 1 comment

decoct   has been listed 8 times with 1 comment

daedal   has been listed 34 times with 3 comments

contumacious   has been listed 60 times with 1 comment

chalcenterous   has been listed 7 times with 2 comments

blandiloquence   has been listed 11 times with 2 comments

barfulous   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

ampullosity   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment

syncretic   has been listed 41 times with 2 comments

atavistic   has been listed 84 times with 2 comments

jugulate   has been listed 12 times with 0 comments

encomium   has been listed 76 times with 6 comments

intransigent   has been listed 64 times with 0 comments

duende   has been listed 18 times with 1 comment

phatic   has been listed 40 times with 5 comments

calumny   has been listed 89 times with 4 comments

solipsism   has been listed 151 times with 37 comments

marmoreal   has been listed 26 times with 0 comments

epigone   has been listed 31 times with 7 comments

phlegmatic   has been listed 92 times with 6 comments

sternutation   has been listed 15 times with 2 comments

effrontery   has been listed 43 times with 1 comment

redound   has been listed 17 times with 0 comments

cabal   has been listed 80 times with 6 comments

barmecidal   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments

avuncular   has been listed 142 times with 5 comments

autochthonous   has been listed 64 times with 3 comments

expiate   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments

enervate   has been listed 71 times with 2 comments

desuetude   has been listed 69 times with 5 comments

ingurgitate   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

abrogate   has been listed 55 times with 0 comments

impugn   has been listed 48 times with 1 comment

overweening   has been listed 26 times with 1 comment

apodictic   has been listed 29 times with 5 comments

temerity   has been listed 75 times with 1 comment

infrangible   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

ancilla   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments

cloying   has been listed 47 times with 4 comments

trenchant   has been listed 75 times with 4 comments

asperity   has been listed 44 times with 1 comment

roborate   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments

circumlocution   has been listed 90 times with 7 comments

ruly   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments

stentorian   has been listed 78 times with 5 comments

adumbrate   has been listed 84 times with 1 comment

bricolage   has been listed 51 times with 3 comments

obstreperous   has been listed 166 times with 14 comments

ignominious   has been listed 41 times with 2 comments

borborygmus   has been listed 63 times with 5 comments

a fortiori   has been listed 10 times with 2 comments

ab ovo   has been listed 11 times with 1 comment

acedia   has been listed 25 times with 2 comments

adduce   has been listed 24 times with 0 comments

adjure   has been listed 12 times with 0 comments

alfresco   has been listed 14 times with 1 comment

anneal   has been listed 15 times with 1 comment

apollonian   has been listed 19 times with 1 comment

apotheosis   has been listed 152 times with 5 comments

assiduous   has been listed 64 times with 1 comment

bandersnatch   has been listed 24 times with 5 comments

brio   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments

brummagem   has been listed 32 times with 5 comments

burke   has been listed 7 times with 3 comments

cap-a-pie   has been listed 8 times with 1 comment

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2 months ago rainedancing said:

my favorite words on this list are cumulatively collected in the title! kudos!

2 months ago crysb said:

I'd love to have a conversation with someone who regularly worked these words into his or her speech. :)

about 1 year ago Brookdale_chick said:

I can hardly say half of these words....

over 2 years ago yuri_g said:

a favorite of the mainstream media, referring to blogs. But 'turgid' is a conversational emergency brake.

over 2 years ago brandelion said:

great list name. :)

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