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Ten Exquisite Vocabulary Words You're Not Using... Yet
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Whether you're expressing or impressing, these words feel simply sumptuous on the tongue.
| | scrupulous (skroo-pyuh-luhs): 1. having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled. 2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous performance. |
| | hornswoggle (hawrn-swog-uhl): to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
| | grandiloquent (gran-dil-uh-kwuhnt): speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. |
| | palpable (pal-puh-buhl): 1. readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity. 2. capable of being touched or felt; tangible. |
| | iniquitous (i-nik-wi-tuhs): characterized by injustice or wickedness; wicked; sinful. |
| | casuistry (kazh-oo-uh-stree): 1. specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, esp. in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry. 2. the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct. |
| | opulent (op-yuh-luhnt): 1. characterized by or exhibiting opulence: an opulent suite. 2. wealthy, rich, or affluent. 3. richly supplied; abundant or plentiful: opulent sunshine. |
| | disquisition (dis-kwuh-zish-uhn): a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation. |
| | somnolent (som-nuh-luhnt): 1. sleepy; drowsy. 2. tending to cause sleep. |
| | sycophant (sik-uh-fuhnt): a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite. |
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