Some people think that they have to use very formal or technical words in order to sound impressive…but you often just end up sounding silly and confusing your audience.
However there are some words that when used correctly can add color and emphasis to your expressions.
Here are some of them:
abstruse - difficult to understand
alacrity - a willingness or eagerness to act quickly
apposite - particularly appropriate under
the circumstances or for the purpose
atavistic - inherited from our earliest
human ancestors; primitive
axiomatic - so obviously true that it does
not need to be proved or explained
Byzantine - intricate, tortuous
cataclysmic - revolutionary; catastrophic
caveat - a warning that something is only
true within certain limitations
circumspect - cautious; prudent
circumvent - to get round, outwit, avoid
clandestine - concealed, done in secret
cognizant of - aware of or knowing all
about something
contiguous - touching; adjoining
contumacious - opposing lawful authority
with contempt; obstinate
contumely - scornful insolence
corollary - a natural or obvious
consequence or result of something
coruscating - (of wit) sparkling, flashing
deleterious - harmful, damaging, or destructive
detritus - accumulated debris
dilatory - slow to act
draconian - extremely severe
effulgent - shining
effusive - showing positive feelings in an open way
egregious - exceptionally and shockingly bad
empirical - known through practical experience
endemic - regularly found among a
particular people or in a particular district
ephemeral - short-lived or fleeting
eschew - to shun; to abstain from
esoteric - understood only by a few
people who have the necessary knowledge
exculpate - to absolve; to vindicate
execrable - appallingly bad
expedient - profitable or convenient rather
than fair or just
expedite - to hasten, speed up
extirpate - destroy or remove completely
febrile - feverish
Next week we will continue our look at impressive words.
* All words in this blog post have been supplied by The 12th edition of The Chambers Dictionary. ISBN 97805501002379
Wow! another odd words, additional in my list, thanks for sharing this one Patrick, this will be very useful for me.
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