💬 Here Are 20 Words That Will Make You Sound Smarter — How Many Do You Know?

What is the meaning of "myriad"?

• influence someone in a deceptive way

• renouncing a belief or doctrine

• a countless or extremely great number of people or things

• enhance power, wealth or status

What is the meaning of "conundrum"?

• of the most contemptible kind

• run away, often taking something or somebody along

• revoke formally

• a confusing and difficult problem or question

What is the meaning of "perfunctory"?

• something done without much care or attention

• difficult to understand

• approach and speak to someone aggressively

• yield to another's wish or opinion

What is the meaning of "acquiesce"?

• an increase by natural growth

• to go along with something without protest, even if you don't really want to

• unwilling to change one's mind or opinion

• shrewdness shown by keen insight

What is the meaning of "anodyne"?

• in an opposing direction

• not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull

• give the main points or summary of

• scold or reprimand

What is the meaning of "vacillate"?

• a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

• increase the scope, power, or importance of

• having an abundant supply of money

• waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

What is the meaning of "truculent"?

• liveliness and eagerness

• disposed or willing to comply

• eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

• a name that has been assumed temporarily

What is the meaning of "veracious"?

• thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms

• having no definite form or distinct shape

• chronologically misplaced

• speaking or representing the truth

What is the meaning of "wheelhouse"?

• something added to embellish or make perfect

• powerfully persuasive

• a metaphor for an individual's area of comfort or expertise

• corresponding in size or degree or extent

What is the meaning of "egregious"?

• following or accompanying as a consequence

• a very intense and uncontrolled fire

• a feeling of deep regret

• outstandingly bad; shocking

What is the meaning of "plethora"?

• an injury in which the skin is not broken

• an abundance; wide variety; excess

• showing an inclination to disagree

• give over to another for care or safekeeping

What is the meaning of "scintilla"?

• go against, as of rules and laws

• make sense of

• a very small amount of something

• the property of excessive fatness

What is the meaning of "accolade"?

• easily irritated or annoyed

• hinder or prevent

• a mark of acknowledgement; an honor

• devoid of intelligence

What is the meaning of "camaraderie"?

• extreme greed for material wealth

• an insufficient quantity or number

• a sudden and complete disaster

• mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together

What is the meaning of "elucidate"?

• attack the good name and reputation of someone

• no longer in force or use

• a cruel and oppressive dictator

• make clear; explain

What is the meaning of "abeyance"?

• cause to lose one's composure

• a state of temporary disuse or suspension

• discontented as toward authority

• so thin as to transmit light

What is the meaning of "gratuitous"?

• causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity

• the state of being held in low esteem

• cause to separate and go in different directions

• uncalled for, unwarranted

What is the meaning of "intrepid"?

• concise and full of meaning

• enthusiastic approval

• brave in the face of danger

• a full supply

What is the meaning of "obsequious"?

• full of trivial conversation

• a trite or obvious remark

• a sign of something about to happen

• excessively compliant or submissive

What is the meaning of "umbrage"?

• resentment, offence

• physical beauty, especially of a woman

• assign to a lower position

• attractively old-fashioned