100 Words That Help You Say More With Less

No.	Item	Definition
1.	allocate	Assign resources for a particular purpose.
2.	ambiguous	Open to more than one interpretation.
3.	ambivalent	Having conflicting feelings about something.
4.	arbitrary	Based on personal choice rather than reason.
5.	authorize	Give official permission for something.
6.	automate	Make a process operate without human intervention.
7.	backlog	Accumulated work waiting to be completed.
8.	bittersweet	Combining happiness with sadness.
9.	bottleneck	A point that slows an entire process.
10.	commute	Travel regularly between home and work.
11.	concede	Admit something is true, often reluctantly.
12.	concise	Expressing much in few words.
13.	conclusive	Proving something beyond reasonable doubt.
14.	consecutive	Following one another without gaps.
15.	consolidate	Combine separate things into one whole.
16.	corroborate	Support a statement with additional evidence.
17.	customize	Modify something to suit particular needs.
18.	delegate	Assign responsibility or authority to someone else.
19.	deliberate	Done intentionally rather than by accident.
20.	disclose	Make previously private information known.
21.	dismantle	Take something apart.
22.	distinguish	Recognize or explain differences between things.
23.	dubious	Doubtful in truth, quality, or reliability.
24.	entail	Involve something as a necessary consequence.
25.	evacuate	Move people away from a dangerous place.
26.	exacerbate	Make an existing problem worse.
27.	expedite	Make something happen more quickly.
28.	explicit	Stated clearly, leaving nothing merely implied.
29.	feasible	Possible to do in practice.
30.	forgo	Choose to do without something.
31.	frugal	Careful to avoid wasting money or resources.
32.	hindsight	Understanding gained after an event has happened.
33.	imminent	About to happen very soon.
34.	impartial	Not favoring one side over another.
35.	imply	Suggest something without stating it directly.
36.	improvise	Create or perform without advance preparation.
37.	inadvertent	Happening unintentionally or without noticing.
38.	inevitable	Certain to happen and impossible to avoid.
39.	infer	Reach a conclusion from available evidence.
40.	interim	Serving temporarily until something permanent is ready.
41.	intermittent	Stopping and starting at intervals.
42.	intervene	Become involved to change a situation’s outcome.
43.	irreversible	Impossible to undo or change back.
44.	isolate	Separate something from everything else.
45.	jeopardize	Put something at risk.
46.	likewise	In the same or a similar way.
47.	loophole	A rule’s gap that allows avoiding it.
48.	meanwhile	During the same period of time.
49.	mediate	Help opposing parties reach an agreement.
50.	meticulous	Showing great care for every detail.
51.	mitigate	Make something less severe or harmful.
52.	mutual	Shared by both or all parties.
53.	negotiate	Discuss terms to reach an agreement.
54.	nevertheless	Even so; despite what was just stated.
55.	nostalgic	Feeling affectionate longing for the past.
56.	obsolete	No longer used because something replaced it.
57.	omit	Leave something out.
58.	optional	Available to choose but not required.
59.	otherwise	If that does not happen.
60.	outsource	Hire an outside provider to perform work.
61.	paraphrase	Express the same meaning in different words.
62.	perennial	Lasting or recurring year after year.
63.	persevere	Keep trying despite difficulty or delay.
64.	plausible	Seeming reasonable or likely to be true.
65.	preempt	Act first to prevent an anticipated development.
66.	prioritize	Arrange tasks by importance or urgency.
67.	prohibit	Officially forbid something.
68.	quantify	Express or measure something as a number.
69.	reciprocate	Respond with a similar action or feeling.
70.	reconcile	Make conflicting ideas or relationships compatible.
71.	rectify	Correct something that is wrong.
72.	refute	Prove that a claim is wrong.
73.	reimburse	Repay someone for money they spent.
74.	resume	Begin again after a pause.
75.	retract	Take back a statement or claim.
76.	retrieve	Find and bring something back.
77.	salvage	Save something from damage, loss, or waste.
78.	specify	State something precisely and explicitly.
79.	standardize	Make things follow the same agreed rules.
80.	stipulate	Specify something as a required condition.
81.	streamline	Make a process simpler and more efficient.
82.	suffice	Be enough for a particular purpose.
83.	summarize	State the main points briefly.
84.	synchronize	Make things happen at the same time.
85.	tacit	Understood or accepted without being openly stated.
86.	tentative	Not certain or firmly decided.
87.	threshold	The point at which something begins.
88.	trade-off	A compromise that sacrifices one benefit for another.
89.	troubleshoot	Find and solve problems in a system.
90.	unanimous	Agreed upon by everyone involved.
91.	unless	Except if a particular condition is met.
92.	unprecedented	Never known or experienced before.
93.	versatile	Able to serve many different purposes.
94.	voluntary	Done by choice rather than compulsion.
95.	vulnerable	Open to harm, attack, or injury.
96.	waive	Choose not to enforce a requirement.
97.	whereas	In contrast with the fact that.
98.	withhold	Deliberately keep something from being given.
99.	withstand	Resist damage or pressure successfully.
100.	workaround	An alternative method that bypasses a problem.