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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






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






3. 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 ...






4. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






5. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






6. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






7. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver






8. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






9. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






10. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






11. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc






12. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle






13. Tolerant - broad-minded






14. Excess






15. Book - usually large and academic






16. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






17. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader






18. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






19. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






20. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane






21. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






22. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






23. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly






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






25. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






26. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason






27. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






28. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester






29. Altruism/ charity






30. Respected because of age






31. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






32. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy






33. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






34. Brilliant/glowing






35. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






36. Growing in number quickly/spawn






37. To expand like a woman in labor






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






39. To choose not to do something






40. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






41. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






42. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity






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






44. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick






45. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown






46. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm






47. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






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






49. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid






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







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