Word familiarity list
Words known by about 75 percent
Words many readers know, but many others may not.
- Known by
- 75.1%
liveliness and eagerness
- Known by
- 74.6%
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
- Known by
- 74.4%
defiantly aggressive
- Known by
- 75.8%
harsh or corrosive in tone
- Known by
- 76%
sour or bitter in taste
- Known by
- 73.9%
slow and apathetic
- Known by
- 73.7%
make obscure or unclear
- Known by
- 73.6%
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
- Known by
- 76.6%
of momentous or ominous significance
- Known by
- 73.2%
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
- Known by
- 73.1%
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Known by
- 77%
preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- Known by
- 72.9%
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
- Known by
- 77.2%
steadiness of mind under stress
- Known by
- 77.3%
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
- Known by
- 77.3%
showing modest reserve
- Known by
- 72.2%
an informal conversation
- Known by
- 72%
the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
- Known by
- 78.2%
having low density
- Known by
- 71.7%
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- Known by
- 71.5%
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- Known by
- 71.5%
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- Known by
- 71.3%
a drug that induces sleep
- Known by
- 78.7%
plausible but false
- Known by
- 78.8%
characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
- Known by
- 78.8%
ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
- Known by
- 71.2%
decrease in the diameter of blood vessels
- Known by
- 78.9%
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Known by
- 78.9%
disinclined to work or exertion
- Known by
- 79.5%
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- Known by
- 70.5%
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
- Known by
- 79.7%
cause to seem less serious; play down
- Known by
- 70.3%
do away with
- Known by
- 70.2%
to make better
- Known by
- 79.8%
defying expression or description
- Known by
- 79.9%
a destroyer of images used in religious worship