Set #2 (26-50): 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart

Disheveled

Being in loose disarray; marked by disorder; untidy

Élan

Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness; distinctive style or flair

Ennui

Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom

Epitome

The best or most representative example of a class or type

Equanimity

The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure

Equivocate

To use vague or ambiguous language to avoid committing oneself to a position or to deceive

Esoteric

Intended for or understood by only a restricted number of people

Euphemism

A mild, indirect, or vague word used instead of one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive

Fait accompli

An accomplished, presumably irreversible deed or fact

Fastidious

Possessing or displaying meticulous attention to detail; excessively scrupulous or sensitive, esp. in taste

Faux pas

A social blunder

Fiasco

A complete failure

Finagle

To obtain or achieve something by cleverness or deviousness, esp. in using words

Freudian slip

A verbal mistake that is thought to reveal an unconscious belief, thought, or emotion

Glib

Performed with natural, offhand ease; marked by ease/fluency of speech/writing from insincerity

Gregarious

Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable

Harbinger

Something that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner

Hedonist

A person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure, esp. to the pleasure of the senses

Heresy

An opinion or a teaching at variance with established beliefs or opinions

Idiosyncratic

Peculiar to a specific individual or group

Idyllic

Tranquil, carefree, or picturesque

Indelicate

Marked by a lack of good taste or consideration for the feelings of others; tactless or improper

Infinitesimal

Immeasurably or incalculably small

Insidious

Doing harm in a subtle or imperceptible manner; treacherous

Junket

A trip or tour, esp. taken by an official at public expense or by a guest of business seeking patron