English Smart Words

Here are a few English “smart words” that you might find useful:

Baleful: causing or threatening harm or destruction
Beguile: to deceive or mislead someone
Benevolent: kind and generous
Blandishment: a remark or action intended to flatter or coax someone
Bombastic: pompous or grandiloquent in language or style
Byzantine: complex or elaborate, especially in an unnecessarily convoluted way
Cadence: a rhythmic flow of language or sound
Capricious: prone to changing one’s mind impulsively or unpredictably
Carnal: relating to physical or worldly desires, rather than spiritual or intellectual ones
Catechize: to instruct or examine someone in the principles of a religion, especially by asking questions