Lethal – sufficient to cause death (very harmful or destructive.)ĭr. Pestilential – relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases.Ībraham Lincoln: I can’t accomplish a goddamn thing of any worth until we cure ourselves of slavery and end this pestilential war!ġ4. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it. Contender – a person who tries to win something in a contest especially: a person who has a good chance of winning. Hans Landa: Now, if one were to determine what attribute the German people share with a beast, it would be the cunning and the predatory instinct of a hawk.ġ2. To dabble – take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way (or immerse one’s hands or feet partially in water and move them around gently).Īlvy: So, did you do shoot the photographs in there or what?Īnnie: Yeah, yeah, I sorta dabble around, you know.ġ1. Hannibal: Because of his avarice, and his betrayal of the emperor’s trust, Pier della Vigna was disgraced, blinded, and imprisoned.ġ0. Avarice – extreme greed for wealth or material gain. Hannibal: God is beyond measure in wanton malice.ĩ. Wanton – (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked. Oblivious – not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.Īgent Smith: Have you ever stood and stared at it? Marveled at its beauty… its genius? Billions of people just living out their lives… oblivious.Ĩ. Rust Cohle: We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self an accretion of sensory, experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody is nobody.ħ. Accretion – growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin, van guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.Ħ. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the “vox populi” now vacant, vanished. Voila! In view humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. V.: But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace soubriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Vicissitude (+ 100 other words in the movie): a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
WORD BUILD VS WORD SMITH FULL
Howard Beale: Well, if there’s anybody out there that can look around this demented slaughterhouse of a world we live in and tell me that man is a noble creature, believe me: That man is full of bullshit.ĥ. Demented – behaving irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement. Fancy word for a sellsword.īronn: Been spending time with fancy folks.Ĥ. Just because I pay you for your services doesn’t diminish our friendship. Enhance – intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of. Mark Zuckerberg: “Did I Adequately Answer Your Condescending Question?”ģ. Condescending – having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority. Obtuse – Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.Ģ. The 50 Sophisticated Words in English Listġ.
WORD BUILD VS WORD SMITH MOVIE
Watching movies is probably one of the best ways to stay in touch with the living language, and as a movie addict, I couldn’t help but create this list.Įach word is followed by a definition, an example, and a movie scene in which it appeared.Īll of those movies are marvelous, as they include copious amounts of other advanced words and witty dialogues. In this article, however, you’ll find some of the juiciest verbiage ever devised and get some movie entertainment as a bonus.
There are many advanced word lists, but usually, they lack proper examples.