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[Laika]

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/booksellers/press_release/100words/

The following is the entire list of 100 words:

abjure
abrogate
abstemious
acumen
antebellum
auspicious
belie
bellicose
bowdlerize
chicanery
chromosome
churlish
circumlocution
circumnavigate
deciduous
deleterious
diffident
enervate
enfranchise
epiphany
equinox
euro
evanescent
expurgate
facetious
fatuous
feckless
fiduciary
filibuster
gamete
gauche
gerrymander
hegemony
hemoglobin
homogeneous
hubris
hypotenuse
impeach
incognito
incontrovertible
inculcate
infrastructure
interpolate
irony
jejune
kinetic
kowtow
laissez faire
lexicon
loquacious
lugubrious
metamorphosis
mitosis
moiety
nanotechnology
nihilism
nomenclature
nonsectarian
notarize
obsequious
oligarchy
omnipotent
orthography
oxidize
parabola
paradigm
parameter
pecuniary
photosynthesis
plagiarize
plasma
polymer
precipitous
quasar
quotidian
recapitulate
reciprocal
reparation
respiration
sanguine
soliloquy
subjugate
suffragist
supercilious
tautology
taxonomy
tectonic
tempestuous
thermodynamics
totalitarian
unctuous
usurp
vacuous
vehement
vortex
winnow
wrought
xenophobe
yeoman
ziggurat

How many do you know?

 

[methodman]

I went down the list hella quick, I probably know a max of 50 off the top of my head without thinking about them.

 

[Cheesemeister]

Needs more truthiness.

 

[BuG]

How many do you know?

I barely know the words I've just quoted.

 

[QVT]

How many do you know?

All the important ones. And I'm a lexiconisiuer.

I hate the word hubris.

 

[Fireblend]

About 82, And English is my second language

 

[JzeroT1437]

blase is my least favorite word in the english language. I'm glad to see it didn't make the list.

 

[tnw]

a lot of those words were on the GRE study list too, so maybe not.

 

[HyperionX]

Circumlocution is like the most ironic word ever.

 

[whytemyke]

laissez faire is two words, not one really big word. [/west wing]

 

[Thai]

50-60, though i'd be hard pressed to define a good dozen of them

 

[Chris Michael]

abstemious
belie
chromosome
deciduous
diffident
equinox
euro
evanescent
facetious
feckless
gamete
hemoglobin
homogeneous
hypotenuse
impeach
incognito
incontrovertible
infrastructure
irony
kinetic
metamorphosis
mitosis
nanotechnology
notarize
omnipotent
oxidize
parabola
paradigm
parameter
photosynthesis
plagiarize
plasma
precipitous
reciprocal
respiration
soliloquy
subjugate
tectonic
thermodynamics
totalitarian
usurp
vehement
vortex
wrought
xenophobe

Those words I know.

 

[RevenantKioku]

Oh my, yes. I have business meetings about unctuous ziggurats all the ****ing time.

 

[jett]

What is this stupidity? Why is equinox in there and not solstice?

 

[OatmealMu]

I was getting a little worried at the start, but I ended up recognizing more than I expected.

 

[Rindain]

Some weird choices of words in there...vortex? Quasar?

 

[whytemyke]

Some weird choices of words in there...vortex? Quasar?

YOU CANT CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT A QUASAR IS!!!!

 

[Fusebox]

I probably know a max of 50 off the top of my head without thinking about them.

Uh... if you didn't even think about them, how do you know that you know them? :lol

 

[Flynn]

Oh my, yes. I have business meetings about unctuous ziggurats all the ****ing time.

Silly business man. We don't "have business meetings" any more. We "businitate" and "meetisize."

 

[Ghengis Cohen]

The four words I didn't know were, of course, scientific. :lol

 

[Freshmaker]

Facade didn't make it.

No wonder so many people in college were talking about faykayed's....

 

[Servizio]

Now with edjamkashunal linkage.

abjure
abrogate
abstemious
acumen
antebellum
auspicious
belie
bellicose
bowdlerize
chicanery
chromosome
churlish
circumlocution
circumnavigate
deciduous
deleterious
diffident
enervate
enfranchise
epiphany
equinox
euro
evanescent
expurgate
facetious
fatuous
feckless
fiduciary
filibuster
gamete
gauche
gerrymander
hegemony
hemoglobin
homogeneous
hubris
hypotenuse
impeach
incognito
incontrovertible
inculcate
infrastructure
interpolate
irony
jejune
kinetic
kowtow
laissezfaire
lexicon
loquacious
lugubrious
metamorphosis
mitosis
moiety
nanotechnology
nihilism
nomenclature
nonsectarian
notarize
obsequious
oligarchy
omnipotent
orthography
oxidize
parabola
paradigm
parameter
pecuniary
photosynthesis
plagiarize
plasma
polymer
precipitous
quasar
quotidian
recapitulate
reciprocal
reparation
respiration
sanguine
soliloquy
subjugate
suffragist
supercilious
tautology
taxonomy
tectonic
tempestuous
thermodynamics
totalitarian
unctuous
usurp
vacuous
vehement
vortex
winnow
wrought
xenophobe
yeoman
ziggurat

 

[AdmiralViscen]

I know almost all of them.

Spoiler

770 on Verbal

 

[kablooey]

These words seem chosen pretty arbitrarily...but off the top of my head, w/out consulting a dictionary, I know all of em except for:

abstemious
antebellum
fiduciary
gamete
jejune
moiety
winnow

Not bad. It's not like I'm regularly tossing these words out in conversation or anything though. I wouldn't be that supercillious around people.

 

[Dreamfixx]

It's not that I don't know a lot of these words, I just wouldn't use many of them without consulting a dictionary to figure out their exact meaning.

 

[Fireblend]

Oh and what is respiration doing there?

 

[Triumph]

More than 90, I'd say.

 

[Phoenix]

Would
you
like
fries
with
that

Cash
Credit
Debit

The
Shake
Machine
Is
Broken

 

[Hitokage]

I can't remember the proper meaning of 25 of those, although I'm sure I'd remember if I saw them in context.

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Would
you
like
fries
with
that

Cash
Credit
Debit

The
Shake
Machine
Is
Broken

:lol

 

[BuG]

Now with edjamkashunal linkage.

abjure
abrogate
abstemious
acumen
antebellum
auspicious
belie
bellicose
bowdlerize
chicanery
chromosome
churlish
circumlocution
circumnavigate
deciduous
deleterious
diffident
enervate
enfranchise
epiphany
equinox
euro
evanescent
expurgate
facetious
fatuous
feckless
fiduciary
filibuster
gamete
gauche
gerrymander
hegemony
hemoglobin
homogeneous
hubris
hypotenuse
impeach
incognito
incontrovertible
inculcate
infrastructure
interpolate
irony
jejune
kinetic
kowtow
laissezfaire
lexicon
loquacious
lugubrious
metamorphosis
mitosis
moiety
nanotechnology
nihilism
nomenclature
nonsectarian
notarize
obsequious
oligarchy
omnipotent
orthography
oxidize
parabola
paradigm
parameter
pecuniary
photosynthesis
plagiarize
plasma
polymer
precipitous
quasar
quotidian
recapitulate
reciprocal
reparation
respiration
sanguine
soliloquy
subjugate
suffragist
supercilious
tautology
taxonomy
tectonic
tempestuous
thermodynamics
totalitarian
unctuous
usurp
vacuous
vehement
vortex
winnow
wrought
xenophobe
yeoman
ziggurat

I bookmarked the link in the first post as Wordiness for consultation at a later date. Now I can replace that with your post. Fanks bro.

 

[GSG Flash]

I know only 17 for sure, some others I'm not sure about, I'm ****ed aren't I?

 

["God's Beard!"]

Almost all, vehement is also my favorite word

English is my second language, but I forgot my first one, don't ask.

Spoiler

Don't make fun of me!

 

[Tarazet]

100% off the top of my head:

abjure
abrogate
abstemious
acumen - one's qualifications or expertise peculiarly suited to a task
antebellum - before the war (generally American Civil War)
auspicious - special or extraordinary, i.e. an auspicious event
belie - to be misleading when considered logically or rationally
bellicose - loud and argumentative
bowdlerize
chicanery - tricks meant to take the focus off of the point of discussion
chromosome - a cell which serves to distinguish between male and female organisms
churlish
circumlocution
circumnavigate - to travel around the full circumference of
deciduous - of plants: the type that sheds leaves in the fall and grows them back in the spring
deleterious - harmful or degrading
diffident - evasive or indifferent of one's responsibilities
enervate - to excite in a negative way
enfranchise - to endow rights upon, esp. voting
epiphany - a sudden, surprising realization
equinox - the point where the day and night are each exactly 12 hours long
euro - a currency used in the countries of the European Union
evanescent - giving off a soft light
expurgate
facetious - deliberately vague or misleading
fatuous
feckless - lacking in morals
fiduciary
filibuster - a method used by politicians to stall for time
gamete - a sexual organ, i.e. testicle or ovary
gauche
gerrymander
hegemony
hemoglobin - an iron-rich component of blood
homogeneous - having a uniform composition and texture
hubris - excessive pride or confidence
hypotenuse - the longest side of a right triangle
impeach - to officially accuse a politician of criminal acts
incognito - done as a lone wolf
incontrovertible - without controversy; beyond debate
inculcate - to teach so thoroughly that it becomes unconscious habit
infrastructure - the chain of municipal and commercial services that facilitate the full functionality of a building
interpolate - to wedge a dissimilar object inbetween, i.e. into a conversation
irony - a form of dark humor, such as that when a disaster strikes involving a person or vehicle who is assigned to prevent the same kind of disaster
jejune
kinetic - of or pertaining to motion
kowtow
laissez faire - a policy of letting the free market grow naturally, without checks
lexicon - the generally recognized pool of common language
loquacious
lugubrious
metamorphosis - transformation from one form into another
mitosis - the process through which mitochondria produce energy
moiety
nanotechnology - referring to the use of extremely small circuits or chips
nihilism - the belief that nothing is important
nomenclature - the proper name(s) used to describe a person or object
nonsectarian - not split into divided camps of opinion
notarize - to legally establish the authenticity of a document
obsequious
oligarchy - government by a small, self-centered group of individuals
omnipotent - having power and authority over all
orthography
oxidize - to change composition over time due to oxygen-cell bonds
parabola - a half-moon shape generated by specific formulae
paradigm - an ideal of how an organization should function
parameter - a measurement that can be taken and used as a factor in a more complex formula
pecuniary
photosynthesis - the process by which plants change water, light and CO2 into sugar and oxygen
plagiarize - to claim another's work as one's own
plasma - a fourth state of matter, different from solid, liquid, or gas
polymer - a lab-synthesized plastic
precipitous - very steep; i.e. a precipitous drop
quasar
quotidian
recapitulate - to go back to the beginning or restate one's opening themes or statements
reciprocal - an arrangement when an action performed on another is returned in kind
reparation - payouts, usually cash, to settle past grievances
respiration - the biological act of breathing
sanguine - pleasant, upbeat
soliloquy - a speech made by a single character alone on stage
subjugate - to repress or deny rights to
suffragist - a person who actively pushes for voting rights for his/her group
supercilious
tautology
taxonomy - the classification of animals and plants
tectonic - referring to the plates in Earth's crust
tempestuous - having a stormy quality
thermodynamics - the science that studies how heat behaves and how to cope with it
totalitarian - exercising control over every aspect of one's subject's lives
unctuous - bitter and spiteful
usurp - to wrest power from another
vacuous - having little power or value
vehement - insistent, to the point of violently defending one's position
vortex - a funnel which pulls towards its bottom
winnow
wrought
xenophobe - fearing foreigners
yeoman
ziggurat

 

[PantherLotus]

A vocabulary is only as great as the person on the other end.

 

[Ford Prefect]

I doubt most college grads know half of those.

 

[Tarazet]

I doubt most college grads know half of those.

I started looking the words up after I finished my post and only one of the first five was right.. :lol

 

[Pellham]

i've heard of most of these words but some i have never seen before, wtf.

and most of them i dont know the official meanings for, but can figure out what they mean when used in context. oh well.

 

[Laika]

This will help:

Spoiler

abjure - to renounce, repudiate
abrogate - to abolish by formal or official means
abstemious - paring or moderate in eating and drinking
acumen - shrewdness
antebellum - before the war, esp. the Civil War
auspicious - promising success
belie - contradict
bellicose - aggressively hostile (haven't seen that word since reading DPRK's news wire)
bowdlerize - to censor passages in a written work
chicanery - trickery by quibbling or sophistry
chromosome - bodies that carry genes
churlish - boorish; rude
circumlocution - roundabout way of speaking
circumnavigate - to navigate a circuit
deciduous - transitory
deleterious - harmful
diffident - reserved in manner
enervate - to destroy vigor
enfranchise - to endow with rights
epiphany - a revelation or sudden perception
equinox - astronomical start of autumn and spring
euro - new European currency
evanescent - vanishing; fading away
expurgate - to purge of moral offensiveness
facetious - lacking serious intent
fatuous - foolish
feckless - incompetent
fiduciary - trustee or relating to a trustee
filibuster - impeding legislation by monopolizing the floor
gamete - a mature reproductive cell (sperm or egg)
gauche - lacking social grace
gerrymander - to finagle election districts to give a political party an advantage
hegemony - society that seeks to exert dominance
hemoglobin - oxygen carrying part of blood
homogeneous - containing the same quality or property everywhere
hubris - excessive pride
hypotenuse - side of right triange opposite right angle
impeach - to accuse
incognito - concealed identity
incontrovertible - indisputable
inculcate - to teach persistently
infrastructure - underlying framework
interpolate - to estimate/insert between two points
irony - meaning contradictory to that expressed
jejune - juvenile/dull
kinetic - of motion
kowtow - to show deference
laissez faire - noninterference (esp of govt)
lexicon - dictionary
loquacious - chatty
lugubrious - mournful
metamorphosis - complete change of form
mitosis - normal cell division
moiety - half, or indefinite share
nanotechnology - nanometer-scale technology
nihilism - anarchy or denial of any real existence
nomenclature - system of names
nonsectarian - no specific religious affiliation
notarize - to legally witness and certify
obsequious - complete deference
oligarchy - government by the few
omnipotent - infinite power
orthography - correct writing and spelling
oxidize - to combine oxygen or remove electrons
parabola - pattern formed by intersection of plane parallel with a cone
paradigm - a model or set of forms
parameter - a constant or variable
pecuniary - pertaining to money
photosynthesis - producing organic materials using light
plagiarize - to steal another's thoughts and words
plasma - ionized gas, liquid part of blood without suspended elements
polymer - using smaller molecules to build a complex molecular compound
precipitous - extremely steep
quasar - hyper-distant, hyper-old primordial soup of galaxies
quotidian - recurring daily, customary
recapitulate - summarize
reciprocal - mutual, or 1 divided by a number
reparation - amends
respiration - process of providing oxygent to tissues
sanguine - hopeful
soliloquy - talking as if alone
subjugate - enslave
suffragist - one who advocates giving a right to vote
supercilious - contemptuous
tautology - needless repetition
taxonomy - science of classification
tectonic - of construction, of earth's crust
tempestuous - turbulent
thermodynamics - of heat and energy
totalitarian - authoritarian, no tolerance
unctuous - excessive piousness, oily
usurp - to use or serve wrongfully
vacuous - without contents
vehement - zealous
vortex - a whirling mass
winnow - to separate impurities
wrought - that which has been worked on
xenophobe - fearing outsiders
yeoman - clerical naval officer, farmer owning own land
ziggurat - pyramidal Sumerian temple

 

[tnw]

I started looking the words up after I finished my post and only one of the first five was right.. :lol

no lugubrious, loquacious, or quotidian?

Guess an Oberlin education isn't as great as US News and World Report says it is...:lol

 

[Tarazet]

no lugubrious, loquacious, or quotidian?

Guess an Oberlin education isn't as great as US News and World Report says it is...:lol

I was only there for a year, but I could easily have graduated without taking anything that required me to understand every word on that list. The important thing in writing is that you know the correct definitions and usages of the words you use, and I do..

 

[CDProp]

55/100 F

abjure
abrogate
abstemious
acumen
antebellum
auspicious
belie
bellicose
bowdlerize
chicanery
chromosome
churlish
circumlocution
circumnavigate
deciduous
deleterious
diffident
enervate
enfranchise
epiphany
equinox
euro
evanescent
expurgate
facetious
fatuous
feckless
fiduciary
filibuster
gamete
gauche
gerrymander
hegemony
hemoglobin
homogeneous
hubris
hypotenuse
impeach
incognito
incontrovertible
inculcate
infrastructure
interpolate
irony
jejune
kinetic
kowtow
laissez faire
lexicon
loquacious
lugubrious
metamorphosis
mitosis
moiety
nanotechnology
nihilism
nomenclature
nonsectarian
notarize
obsequious
oligarchy
omnipotent
orthography
oxidize
parabola
paradigm
parameter
pecuniary
photosynthesis
plagiarize
plasma
polymer
precipitous
quasar
quotidian
recapitulate
reciprocal
reparation
respiration
sanguine
soliloquy
subjugate
suffragist
supercilious
tautology
taxonomy
tectonic
tempestuous
thermodynamics
totalitarian
unctuous
usurp
vacuous
vehement
vortex
winnow
wrought
xenophobe
yeoman
ziggurat

 

[nincompoop]

I wonder how many of them GW Bush knows?

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Would
you
like
fries
with
that

Cash
Credit
Debit

The
Shake
Machine
Is
Broken

Kobe
Bryant
Lebron
James
and
many
others
in
the
NBA
say
hi

 

[Blackace]

ziggurat - pyramidal Sumerian temple

I am calling BS on this.. why should a high schooler know this?

 

[Blackace]

Kobe
Bryant
Lebron
James
and
many
others
in
the
NBA
say
hi

and you too can be one of the lucky 20 to 30 people!

 

[tnw]

ziggurat - pyramidal Sumerian temple

I am calling BS on this.. why should a high schooler know this?

Why is 痘 or 朕　 joyo kanji? Same thing.

 

[Rorschach]

This will help:

Spoiler

abjure - to renounce, repudiate
abrogate - to abolish by formal or official means
abstemious - paring or moderate in eating and drinking
acumen - shrewdness
antebellum - before the war, esp. the Civil War
auspicious - promising success
belie - contradict
bellicose - aggressively hostile (haven't seen that word since reading DPRK's news wire)
bowdlerize - to censor passages in a written work
chicanery - trickery by quibbling or sophistry
chromosome - bodies that carry genes
churlish - boorish; rude
circumlocution - roundabout way of speaking
circumnavigate - to navigate a circuit
deciduous - transitory
deleterious - harmful
diffident - reserved in manner
enervate - to destroy vigor
enfranchise - to endow with rights
epiphany - a revelation or sudden perception
equinox - astronomical start of autumn and spring
euro - new European currency
evanescent - vanishing; fading away
expurgate - to purge of moral offensiveness
facetious - lacking serious intent
fatuous - foolish
feckless - incompetent
fiduciary - trustee or relating to a trustee
filibuster - impeding legislation by monopolizing the floor
gamete - a mature reproductive cell (sperm or egg)
gauche - lacking social grace
gerrymander - to finagle election districts to give a political party an advantage
hegemony - society that seeks to exert dominance
hemoglobin - oxygen carrying part of blood
homogeneous - containing the same quality or property everywhere
hubris - excessive pride
hypotenuse - side of right triange opposite right angle
impeach - to accuse
incognito - concealed identity
incontrovertible - indisputable
inculcate - to teach persistently
infrastructure - underlying framework
interpolate - to estimate/insert between two points
irony - meaning contradictory to that expressed
jejune - juvenile/dull
kinetic - of motion
kowtow - to show deference
laissez faire - noninterference (esp of govt)
lexicon - dictionary
loquacious - chatty
lugubrious - mournful
metamorphosis - complete change of form
mitosis - normal cell division
moiety - half, or indefinite share
nanotechnology - nanometer-scale technology
nihilism - anarchy or denial of any real existence
nomenclature - system of names
nonsectarian - no specific religious affiliation
notarize - to legally witness and certify
obsequious - complete deference
oligarchy - government by the few
omnipotent - infinite power
orthography - correct writing and spelling
oxidize - to combine oxygen or remove electrons
parabola - pattern formed by intersection of plane parallel with a cone
paradigm - a model or set of forms
parameter - a constant or variable
pecuniary - pertaining to money
photosynthesis - producing organic materials using light
plagiarize - to steal another's thoughts and words
plasma - ionized gas, liquid part of blood without suspended elements
polymer - using smaller molecules to build a complex molecular compound
precipitous - extremely steep
quasar - hyper-distant, hyper-old primordial soup of galaxies
quotidian - recurring daily, customary
recapitulate - summarize
reciprocal - mutual, or 1 divided by a number
reparation - amends
respiration - process of providing oxygent to tissues
sanguine - hopeful
soliloquy - talking as if alone
subjugate - enslave
suffragist - one who advocates giving a right to vote
supercilious - contemptuous
tautology - needless repetition
taxonomy - science of classification
tectonic - of construction, of earth's crust
tempestuous - turbulent
thermodynamics - of heat and energy
totalitarian - authoritarian, no tolerance
unctuous - excessive piousness, oily
usurp - to use or serve wrongfully
vacuous - without contents
vehement - zealous
vortex - a whirling mass
winnow - to separate impurities
wrought - that which has been worked on
xenophobe - fearing outsiders
yeoman - clerical naval officer, farmer owning own land
ziggurat - pyramidal Sumerian temple

If you turn your monitor sideways, it looks like Gotham City.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

and you too can be one of the lucky 20 to 30 people!

Oh Ace, I'm just being a smart-ass.

 

[BuG]

I wonder how many of them GW Bush knows?

One. Xenophobe.