I'm looking for words that aren't show-offy, but are intelligent. I dont want the teacher thinking I whipped out a thesaurus and started using words that are too absurd. Here's what I mean.
Good smarty pants words I want: doppelganger, stoic, archaic, pragmatic, contextualize
Bad smarty pants words I dont want: compunctious, penitential, propiatory, recalcitrant
2007-08-23 14:26:35 · 9 answers · asked by William, It Was Really Nothing 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Here's a dozen.
idiosyncracy, anatomize, analytical, abstruse, insistent,
iconic
presumptuous, prosaic, revelatory, obligatory,
exposition and digression.
2007-08-23 14:44:12 · answer #1 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here are some words to start you out:
nebulous, sophomoric, circuitous, superfluous, amicable, surreptitious, impetuous, vociferous, prowess, convoluted, neophyte, anomaly
these are all words you should be able to use in casual/class conversation and not sound like you're stretching the limits of your vocabulary. they are also all words that would appear on your sat test. i also found you a list of the 100 most common sat words. hope that helps!
2007-08-23 21:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you don't need any help with what words to use. It seems you already know more words that the average person does.
2007-08-23 21:33:29 · answer #3 · answered by bkstar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about "supercilious"? It might be used to describe a person who constructs a question in such a way that its insincerity is patent.
2007-08-23 21:35:12 · answer #4 · answered by picador 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Perennial
Majestic
Accentuate
Temporal
Pretentious
Contrived
Ubiquitous
Superfluous
Gangly
Archaic
Anachronism
Idyllic
Euphoric
There's a baker's dozen. Hope you decide to use some of them.
2007-08-23 21:37:07 · answer #5 · answered by Julian S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surruptitiously - secretly
Vivacious- livley; bubbly
ensconce - make yourself comfortable; ascend
appathetic -don't care; uninterested
2007-08-23 21:48:03 · answer #6 · answered by ღஜღ Øŧåķų Ťŵĩŋş Åŧ Ħęåŗŧ ღஜღ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are more than 400,000 words in English, so we are talking about an exuberant plethora of choices. What do you want to say?
2007-08-23 21:40:23 · answer #7 · answered by shrugger 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pretentious
supercilious
It all depends on what you want to say, of course.
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2007-08-24 03:09:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
concordant
2007-08-23 21:49:36 · answer #9 · answered by treebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋