Two trucks loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus collided as they left a New York publishing house

last Thursday, according to the Associated Press. Witnesses were aghast, amazed, astonished, astounded, awe-struck, bemused, benumbed, bewildered, confounded, confused, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, dismayed, disoriented, dumbstruck, electrified, flabbergasted, horrified, immobilized, incredulous, nonplussed, overwhelmed, panic-stricken, paralyzed, perplexed, scared, shocked, startled, stunned, stupefied, surprised, taken aback, terrorized, thunderstruck, traumatized, upset . . . .

100 Vocabulary Words (C2 level)

A abbreviate abstinence adulation adversity aesthetic amicable anachronistic anecdote anonymous antagonist arid assiduous asylum benevolent camaraderie censure circuitous clairvoyant collaborate compassion compromise conditional conformist congregation convergence detrimental demagogue digression diligent shorten, abridge act of refraining from high praise misfortune pertaining to beauty agreeable out-of-date short account of event nameless opponent extremely dry hard-working sanctuary friendly, helpful trust among friends to criticize harshly indirect, roundabout able to see the future to work together sympathy, mercy to settle differences provisional, contingent follower of customs crowd of people joining of parts harmful rabble-rousing leader straying from main point hard-working B + your own sentence

condescending patronizing

discredit disdain divergent empathy emulate enervating enhance ephemeral evanescent exasperation exemplary extenuating florid fortuitous frugal hackneyed haughty hedonist hypothesis impetuous impute incompatible inconsequenti al inevitable integrity intrepid intuitive jubilation lobbyist longevity mundane nonchalant novice opulent orator ostentatious

dishonor, disgrace to regard with scorn variant, moving apart sharing of feelings follow an example tiring, weakening improve, augment momentary, fleeting short-lived, as an image irritation, frustration outstanding guilt diminishing flushed, ornate lucky thrifty overused, clichd, trite arrogant, condescending pleasure seeker theory requiring proof rash, impulsive to attribute to someone unable to work together trivial unavoidable, certain honesty, decency fearless, adventurous instinctive, untaught joy, exultation persuader of legislators long life ordinary, common calm, casual beginner wealthy speaker displaying wealth

parched perfidious precocious pretentious procrastinate prosaic prosperity provocative prudent querulous rancorous reclusive reconciliation renovation resilient restrained reverence sagacity scrutinize spontaneity spurious submissive substantiate subtle superficial superfluous suppress surreptitious tactful tenacious transient venerable vindicate wary

dried up disloyal talented beyond one's age pompous, self-important to delay unnecessarily run-of-the-mill, unimaginative wealth, success inflammatory wise, careful, cautious irritable hateful withdrawn, hermit-like agreement after a quarrel state of being renewed quick to recover controlled, restricted profound respect wisdom to observe carefully impulsive action phony, false meek to verify, confirm elusive, sly, ambiguous lacking in depth more than enough to end an activity secret, stealthy diplomatic, polite persistent, resolute temporary, fleeting respectable due to age to clear from blame watchful, alert