200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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200 Difficult Words - Group 2
pallid 
1
 | scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply |
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
| abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
pejorative
2
| equivalent in effect or value |
| worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern |
| tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling |
| dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor |
pernicious
3
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied |
| trick; use of artifice or trickery; deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture |
portent
4
| fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant |
| omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen |
protean
5
| false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
| versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes |
| fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant |
| lacking in insight or discernment; stupid |
ruse
6
| trick; use of artifice or trickery; deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture |
| lacking in insight or discernment; stupid |
| seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority |
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
sanctimonious
7
| hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| truthfulness; unwillingness to tell lies |
sanguine
8
| filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied |
| depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
transmute
9
| dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual |
| change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation |
| change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform |
| hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
truculent
10
| disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |