WordPrevalence

Word familiarity list

Words known by about 75 percent

Words many readers know, but many others may not.

Words in list36
Known range70.2%-79.9%
Average known75.1%
Dominant labelUncommon
alacrityUncommon
Known by
75.1%

liveliness and eagerness

asceticRare
Known by
74.6%

someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

truculentRare
Known by
74.4%

defiantly aggressive

vitriolicUncommon
Known by
75.8%

harsh or corrosive in tone

acerbicUncommon
Known by
76%

sour or bitter in taste

torpidRare
Known by
73.9%

slow and apathetic

obfuscateRare
Known by
73.7%

make obscure or unclear

convivialRare
Known by
73.6%

occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company

portentousUncommon
Known by
76.6%

of momentous or ominous significance

intransigentRare
Known by
73.2%

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

harangueRare
Known by
73.1%

a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

desiccateUncommon
Known by
77%

preserve by removing all water and liquids from

laconicRare
Known by
72.9%

brief and to the point; effectively cut short

equanimityUncommon
Known by
77.2%

steadiness of mind under stress

compunctionUncommon
Known by
77.3%

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

diffidentUncommon
Known by
77.3%

showing modest reserve

confabulationRare
Known by
72.2%

an informal conversation

disembarkationRare
Known by
72%

the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft

rarefiedUncommon
Known by
78.2%

having low density

recalcitrantRare
Known by
71.7%

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

exculpateRare
Known by
71.5%

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

jurisprudenceRare
Known by
71.5%

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

soporificRare
Known by
71.3%

a drug that induces sleep

speciousUncommon
Known by
78.7%

plausible but false

iconoclasticUncommon
Known by
78.8%

characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

spuriousUncommon
Known by
78.8%

ostensibly valid, but not actually valid

vasoconstrictionRare
Known by
71.2%

decrease in the diameter of blood vessels

avariceUncommon
Known by
78.9%

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

indolentUncommon
Known by
78.9%

disinclined to work or exertion

itinerantUncommon
Known by
79.5%

a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment

trenchantRare
Known by
70.5%

having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

denigrateUncommon
Known by
79.7%

cause to seem less serious; play down

obviateRare
Known by
70.3%

do away with

ameliorateRare
Known by
70.2%

to make better

ineffableUncommon
Known by
79.8%

defying expression or description

iconoclastUncommon
Known by
79.9%

a destroyer of images used in religious worship