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Fancy-Sounding Words to Make You Sound Smart

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dastard
n.
a mean, sneaking coward.
disincline
v.t., v.i.,
to make or be averse or unwilling:
fantastical
adj.
conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque:
improbable
adj.
not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen:
onomatopoeia
n.
the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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preposterous
adj.
completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish:
realism
n.
the tendency to view or represent things as they really are.
surreal
adj.
having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic:
zeal
n.
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
acquiesce
verb
accept or consent passively or without objection

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