Here is a list of sophisticated words you can use instead of simpler words, especially for smart students!
Sophisticated Words with Sentence Examples
Use the following words to sound more smart and stylish than your friend.
| Angst | A very high feeling of anxiety |
| Anomaly | Something standing out from normal |
| Bonafide | Something which is authentic and real |
| Bravado | An act of bravery mainly for impressing somebody |
| Cacophony | An unpleasant blend of sounds |
| Carte Blanche | The freedom given to one to do what they want to do |
| Cloying | Disgusted by an excess of sweetness |
| Deja Vu | A feeling of already having experienced something that one is facing at the moment |
| Dichotomy | A contrast between two things totally different from each other |
| Disheveled | Dirtying a person’s clothes |
| Epitome | A person or a thing considered to be the most ideal |
| Equanimity | Being in a very calm state |
| Equivocate | Using a confusing way of speaking for avoiding commitment |
| Euphemism | Replacing a harsh word by a mild word to avoid saying something unpleasant |
| Faux Pas | An embarrassing act in a social situation |
| Fiasco | A failure which turns into humiliation |
| Glib | A fluent but shallow way of speaking |
| Gregarious | An adjective for being considering a fond person |
| Harbinger | A person who announces the coming of another person |
| Idiosyncratic | Being peculiar or distinctive |
| Indelicate | Showing a lack of understanding and not being delicate |
| Insidious | Proceeding being stealthy and, but having very harmful effects of it |
| Lurid | A color which is so bright that it causes a bad effect |
| Machiavellian | Being cunning, mainly in the field of politics |
| Malinger | Acting to be ill just to skip out on work |
| Minimalist | A person practicing minimalism, mainly in politics |
| Narcissist | A person who admires themselves to a very high extent |
| Oblivion | Being unaware of the happenings in surroundings |
| Paradox | A contradictory statement or theory that can be proved true by digging deep into it |
| Quid Pro Quo | A favour granted in exchange for something |
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