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200 Difficult Words - Group 1
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/ɪn'vɛtərət/ a. Syn. habitual deep-rooted; firmly and long established; habitual An inveterate smoker, Bob cannot seem to break the habit, no matter how hard he tries. |
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jubilant |
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/'dʒu:bɪlənt/ a. Syn. exultant; happy; merry happy; merry; joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success Arriving in Rome to a jubilant crowd and tearful relatives, the women said they had been treated well. |
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juxtaposition |
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/dʒʌkstəpə'zɪʃən/ n. Syn. apposition act of positioning close together; side-by-side position It is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors. |
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laconic |
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/lə'kɒnɪk/ a. Syn. concise brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are laconic types: strong men of few words. |
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languid |
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/'læŋgwɪd/ a. Syn. weak; sluggish lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid. |
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largess |
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/lɑrdʒɪs/ n. generous gift; money or gifts bestowed Lady Bountiful distributed largess to the poor. |
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latent |
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/'leɪtənt/ a. Syn. dormant; hidden present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden Existing arrangements contain latent functions that can be neither seen nor replaced by the reformer. |
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legerdemain |
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/lɛdʒədə'meɪn/ n. show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers The magician demonstrated his renowned legerdemain. |
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licentious |
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/laɪ'sɛnʃəs/ a. Syn. amoral; unrestrained amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint Unscrupulously seducing the daughter of his host, Don Juan felt no qualms about the immorality of his licentious behavior. |
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limpid |
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/'lɪmpɪd/ a. Syn. clear clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry A limpid stream ran through his property. |
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maelstrom |
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/'meɪlstrəm/ n. Syn. whirlpool whirlpool; powerful circular current of water The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom, it had to leave the dangerous water quickly. |
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magnanimous |
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/mæg'nænɪməs/ a. Syn. generous; noble generous; high-minded; chivalrous The last area where Obama should be magnanimous is on Defense policy. |
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malediction |
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/mælɪ'dɪkʃ(ə)n/ n. Syn. curse curse; evil speaking; utterance of curse or execration When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried out in rage and uttered dreadful malediction. |
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malevolent |
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/mə'lɛvələnt/ a. Syn. malicious having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious Lago is a malevolent villain who takes pleasure in ruining Othello. |
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manifold |
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/'mænɪfoʊld/ a. various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated The same threat is repeated in manifold forms to awaken the careless. |
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maudlin |
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/'mɔ:dlɪn/ a. Syn. sentimental tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental One moment he was in maudlin tears and the next he was cracking some miserable joke about the disaster. |
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mawkish |
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/'mɔ:kɪʃ/ a. Syn. maudlin insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment Whenever Gigi and her boyfriend would sigh and get all lovey-dovey, her little brother would shout, "Yuck!" protesting their mawkish behavior. |
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mendacious |
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/mɛn'deɪʃəs/ a. Syn. lying lying; habitually dishonest; speaking falsely Distrusting Huck from the start, Miss Watson assumed he was mendacious and refused to believe a word he said. |
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mercurial |
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/mɜrkjʊərɪəl/ a. Syn. capricious capricious; liable to sudden unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament Quick as quicksilver to change, he was mercurial in nature and therefore unreliable. |
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modicum |
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/'mɒdɪkəm/ n. limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing Although his story is based on a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious. |