200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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200 Difficult Words - Group 2
panacea 
1
 | hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
| harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing |
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
paucity
2
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
perfunctory
3
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care |
| precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
| equivalent in effect or value |
protean
4
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling |
| versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes |
punctilious
5
| false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
| depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act |
| marked by precise accordance with details |
| hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
salient
6
| prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor |
sanguine
7
| versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way |
| make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to |
surreptitious
8
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently |
| proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
temerity
9
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
| dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor |
| gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
transmute
10
| point directly overhead in sky; summit |
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform |
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |