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Lynell’s vocabulary list

Also see a model for expanding your workplace vocabulary, vocabulary columns, and 60 words every on-the-job writer should know.
 

 

 

 

abstruse
affable
agnate
aioli
amanuensis
ambivalence
anachronism
anodyne
anomaly
antediluvian
anthropomorphic
antimacassar
apotheosis
approbation
arcane
argosy
august
avuncular

bailiwick
belvedere
bifurcate
bilious
blarney
bombastic
bon mot
bonhomie
burgeon
burnish

cabal
cacophony
cadge
caduceus
callow
calumny
capacious
carapace
caterwaul
catharsis
celerity
charrette
chiaroscuro
cicatrix
Cinco de Mayo
circadian
cloy
coalesce
codex
cogitate
cognate
colloquy
conundrum
conurbation
copacetic
copious
corpulent
cortege
coterie
craven
crepuscular
cruciverbalist
cupidity
curmudgeon

daunt
debacle
decorous
decry
defenestrate
denizen
deportment
descry
desultory
diffident
dilettante
disingenuous
diurnal
docent
dog days
droll
dudgeon
dyspepsia

 


 

 

ebullient
effete
egregious
élan
eminent
enate
encomium
enervate
ennui
entomology
epergne
ephemeral
epitome
equinox
erudite
escarpment
eschew
escritoire
esoteric
espalier
estival
estuary
etagere
etymology
euphemism
euphony
exacerbate
expatiate
expiate
extemporaneous

factotum
fatuous
feckless
fen
feral
flaunt
flense
flout
flummox
foment
fractious
frenetic
frigorific
frisson
furtive

garrulous
gerund
glabrous
glutton
gourmand
grimace

hackle
halcyon
hellacious
hellion
hibernal
hoary
hubris

imminent
impecunious
impromptu
inchoate
inculcate
indigenous
indolence
ineffable
ineluctable
inexorable
inimical
inimitable
innate
insidious
insouciance
interloper
interstice
intrepid
inurn
irascible

je ne sais quoi
jetsam
jocose
joie de vivre

kapok
kibitz
knurl

laconic
languid
lassitude
lissome
livid
locavore
logy
loquacious
Lothario
lout
lugubrious

maelstrom
malaise
malefactor
malinger
marmot
masticate
maunder
maven
mellifluous
mendacious
misogyny
modicum
moniker
mox nix

nadir
natty
nefarious
nihilism
nomenclature
non sequitur
nonplus

obfuscate
obviate
offal
ombudsman
onerous
onus
opine
oxymoron

palaver
palliate
panoply
paraskavede-
   katriaphobia
parfleche
paroxysm
patina
patois
paucity
pellucid
penultimate
perfidy
peripatetic
pernicious
perspicacious
petulant
phalanx
platitude
plethora
porcine
portcullis
portico
portmanteau
postprandial
potable
prescience
probity
prolific
propinquity
provenance
puerile
pulchritude
punctilious
purloin
purview

quidnunc
quotidian


 

 

 

raison d'etre
rapacious
recalcitrant
recidivism
recondite
redress
remonstrate
repast
respite
reverie
rife
risible
ruminate

sagacious
salacious
salubrious
salver
salvo
samovar
sapid
sardonic
sartorial
saturnine
sauerbraten
schadenfreude
schism
schnitzel
scree
scrim
scrum
segue
sentient
serendipity
sesquicentennial
sibilant
sinecure
slatternly
sluice
soliloquy
solstice
somnambulant
soupcon
spaetzle
specious
spelunker
spurious
strudel
stygian
succor
suppurate
surfeit
surly
sycophant
syllogism

taunt
tawdry
terse
tor
torpid
tortuous
tout
trattoria
travois
triptych
trompe l'oeil
turpitude
tyro

ubiquitous
ululate
umbrage
unctuous

vagary
verbiage
verdigris
vernal
vertiginous
vet
vignette
visage
vituperative
voracious

winsome

zephyr

 

 

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