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Largest most sophisticated words you know?
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- ?Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Dear Lindsay,
Precipitate - hurry to a conclusion or toward a downfall
Enervate - weaken or reduce
Bucolic - peaceful, like a shepherd
Monastic - one who likes to be alone, as in a monastery
Obdurate - hard as rocks, undisputable facts
Vascillate - flip flop, unable to make up your mind
Vituperative - harsh scolding
Perpend - think about deeply
Cogitate - same as perpend
Quotidient - common, ordinary
Loquacious - talkative
Taciturn - silent
Gynecoid - of or relating to women
Avuncular - like an uncle
Apocryphal - false, a lie
Nebulous - vague, unclear
Intrepid - very brave
Prelate - religious lfficial
Remonstrate - scold
Pecadillo - personality quirk, peculiar preference
Poignant - very emotional
Ennui - boredom
Source(s): lifelong reader - tigeressLv 78 years ago
Here are a few of my favorites.
sangfroid- an imperturbable state; stress.
serendipity- finding something valuable by accident.
denudation- stripping
demitasse- coffee in a fancy little cup.
dendrologist- someone who studies trees
ichthyologist- someone who studies fish