200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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200 Difficult Words - Group 2
oblique 
1
 | hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
pallid
2
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
| model of excellence or perfection; peerless example |
| abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
pernicious
3
| eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess |
| precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance |
precocious
4
| harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
| obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority |
| make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to |
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
prosaic
5
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
| dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual |
| swollen; distended; excessively ornate or complex in style or language |
| obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority |
pulchritude
6
| great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
rebuke
7
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
| voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with |
| point directly overhead in sky; summit |
| obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority |
servile
8
| slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor |
| omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| point directly overhead in sky; summit |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
stupefy
9
| swollen; distended; excessively ornate or complex in style or language |
| make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
surreptitious
10
| secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently |
| confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |