| verb | make less natural or innocent “Their manners had sophisticated the young girls” |
| verb | practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive “Don't twist my words” |
| verb | alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive “Sophisticate rose water with geraniol” |
| verb | make more complex or refined “a sophisticated design” |
| adjective | having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire “sophisticated young socialites” |
| adjective | ahead in development; complex or intricate “advanced technology” |
| adjective | intellectually appealing “a sophisticated drama” |
| sophisticate | noun | a worldly-wise person |
| sophistication | noun | the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment |
| twist | noun | an interpretation of a text or action |
| twisting | noun | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean |