Expanding your vocabulary can be a great way to improve your communication skills and make you stand out in both personal and professional settings. Here is a list of 100 words that can help elevate your speech and writing:
1. Magnanimous
Adjective meaning generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person.
2. Pernicious
Adjective meaning having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
3. Ubiquitous
Adjective meaning present, appearing, or found everywhere.
4. Vicarious
Adjective meaning experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.
5. Quixotic
Adjective meaning exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
6. Visceral
Adjective meaning relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.
7. Idiosyncratic
Adjective meaning peculiar or individual.
8. Ineffable
Adjective meaning too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
9. Equanimity
Noun meaning mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.
10. Ephemeral
Adjective meaning lasting for a very short time.
11. Perfidious
Adjective meaning deceitful and untrustworthy.
12. Penultimate
Adjective meaning second to last.
13. Euphemism
Noun meaning a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
14. Laconic
Adjective meaning using very few words; concise.
15. Intrepid
Adjective meaning fearless; adventurous.
16. Exacerbate
Verb meaning to make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse.
17. Conundrum
Noun meaning a confusing and difficult problem or question.
18. Discombobulate
Verb meaning to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate.
19. Epitome
Noun meaning a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
20. Inscrutable
Adjective meaning impossible to understand or interpret.
Expanding your vocabulary with these words can help you sound smart and confident. Use them in the right context and with the right audience to make a lasting impression.
