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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






2. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling






3. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






4. To expand like a woman in labor






5. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach






6. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






7. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian






8. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate






9. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






10. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






11. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






12. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






13. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






14. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure






15. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






16. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy






17. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






18. Set fire/excite






19. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






20. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






21. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






22. Flamboyant/verve/dash






23. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






24. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






25. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






26. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate






27. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






28. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






29. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






30. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






31. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






32. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






33. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






34. Pertaining to beauty






35. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






36. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...






37. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony






38. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






39. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential






40. Funeral bell/ omen of death






41. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






42. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






43. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy






44. Excess






45. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine






46. Suggest - propose an explanation






47. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






48. To perceive or recognize






49. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...






50. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing







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