200 Difficult Words - Group 2

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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/əb'si:kwɪəs/ a.
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery


Spelling Word: obsequious
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/'pælɪeɪt/ v.
lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses


Spelling Word: palliate
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/pɪ'dʒɒrətɪv/ a.
tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling


Spelling Word: pejorative
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/pɪ'lju:sɪd/ a. Syn. transparent; limpid
transparent; limpid; easy to understand


Spelling Word: pellucid
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/'prɒməlgeɪt/ v. Syn. announce
proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication


Spelling Word: promulgate
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/rɪ'bju:k/ v. Syn. admonish; scold
scold harshly; criticize severely


Spelling Word: rebuke
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/rɪ'pli:t/ a.
filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied


Spelling Word: replete
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/rɪ'sɪnd/ v. Syn. cancel; annul; repeal
cancel; make void; repeal or annul


Spelling Word: rescind
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/'rɪbəld/ a. Syn. wanton; tasteless
coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive


Spelling Word: ribald
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/'stju:pɪfaɪ/;/'stu:-/ v.
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to


Spelling Word: stupefy