A Round of 100 Essential Words for Adults
1. Absquatulate - to sneak away quickly
2. Argle-bargle - loud or silly arguing
3. Balderdash - ridiculous talk
4. Blarney - smooth nonsense
5. Bibble to sip food noisily
6. Blatherskite - one who rambles on senselessly
7. Bloviate - to talk for too long
8. Borborygmus - belly grumble sound
9. Brouhaha - noisy fuss or drama
10. Bumfuzzle - to completely confuse
11. Bumbershoot - another word for umbrella
12. Cahoots - secret teamwork
13. Cantankerous - cranky or moody
14. Cattywampus - crooked or off-center
15. Codswallop - pure nonsense
16. Collywobbles - nervous belly
17. Crapulous - sick from eating or drinking too much
18. Curmudgeon - cranky old soul
19. Dillydally - to waste time lazily
20. Discombobulate - to mix up mentally
21. Donnybrook - intense fight or clash
22. Doohickey - unnamed object or tool
23. Doozy - something impressive
24. Doppelgänger - a look-alike person
25. Dulciloquent - sweet talker
26. Firkin - little wooden barrel
27. Flabbergasted - totally shocked
28. Flibbertigibbet - silly chatterbox
29. Flummox - to completely baffle
30. Folderol - unimportant nonsense
31. Foofaraw - showy fuss
32. Fuddy-duddy - old-fashioned or boring
33. Gallivant - to wander around for fun
34. Gardyloo - heads-up warning shout
35. Gazump - to outbid sneakily
36. Gobbemouche - someone who believes everything
37. Gobbledygook - confusing talk or jargon
38. Gongoozle - to stare aimlessly
39. Gubbins - random small items
40. Higgledy-piggledy - in messy order
41. Hobbledehoy - awkward teenage boy
42. Hodgepodge - jumbled mix
43. Hornswoggle - to trick or fool
44. Hullabaloo - noisy uproar
45. Impignorate - to pawn something
46. Jabberwocky - made-up silly language
47. Jackanapes - cheeky or mischievous person
48. Kerfuffle - minor commotion
49. Kerplunk - splashy thud sound
50. Klutz - clumsy person
51. Lackadaisical - low energy or careless
52. Lambent - softly glowing
53. Lollygag - to waste time idly
54. Malarkey - silly or fake talk
55. Mollycoddle - to overprotect
56. Moxie - bold determination
57. Muckety-muck - self-important big shot
58. Nitwit foolish person
59. Noggin - your head
60. Nudiustertian - the day before yesterday
61. Oxter your armpit
62. Pandiculation - yawning while stretching
63. Panjandrum - someone who acts all-important
64. Persnickety - picky about small details
65. Petrichor - earthy smell after rain
66. Piffle tiny nonsense
67. Pogonotrophy - beard growing
68. Poppycock - silly nonsense
69. Quire 24 sheets of paper
70. Rigmarole - overcomplicated process
71. Salopettes - waterproof ski pants
72. Schadenfreude - joy in others' pain
73. Scuttlebutt - gossip or rumors
74. Shenanigans - playful pranks
75. Shilly-shally - to hesitate
76. Sialoquent - spitty talk
77. Skedaddle - to run away fast
78. Skulduggery - sneaky trickery
79. Skinkersnee - large knife
80. Snollygoster - clever but shady person
81. Snuggery - cozy place
82. Sockdolager - a big blow or win
83. Tarradiddle - harmless fib
84. Tatterdemalion - person in rags
85. Thingamajig - forgotten item's name
86. Tintinnabulation - bell ringing
87. Troglodyte - cave-dweller
88. Ultracrepidarian - one who gives advice on things they know little about
89. Vomitorium - stadium walkway
90. Wabbit - tired or drained
91. Whatchamacallit - you forgot the name
92. Whippersnapper - young upstart
93. Whirligig - toy that spins
94. Widdershins - counterclockwise direction
95. Winklepicker - pointy shoe
96. Woebegone - very sad-looking
97. Yertz - to gulp loudly
98. Yarborough - bad card hand
99. Zoanthropy - thinking you're an animal
100. Zonked - totally worn out
Nite all.
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