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200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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/'sæŋgwɪn/ a. Syn. cheerful; hopeful; ruddy cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome; something could go wrong. |
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scurrilous |
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/'skʌrɪləs/ n. Syn. obscene; indecent obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach Your scurrilous remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue. |
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serendipity |
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/sɛrən'dɪpɪtɪ/ n. gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck Many scientific discoveries are a matter of serendipity. |
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servile |
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/'sɜrvaɪl/;/'sɛrvl/ a. Syn. slavish; cringing slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor Constantly fawning on his employer, humble Uriah Heap was a servile creature. |
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solicitous |
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/sə'lɪsɪtəs/ a. Syn. worried; concerned worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern The employer was very solicitous about the health of her employees as replacements were difficult to get. |
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somnolent |
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/'sɒmnələnt/ a. half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all somnolent and indifferent to the speaker. |
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spurious |
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/'spjʊərɪəs/ a. Syn. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical false; counterfeit; forged; illogical Natasha's claim to be the lost heir of the Romanoffs was spurious: the only thing Russian about her was the vodka she drank!. |
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staid |
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/steɪd/ a. Syn. serious; sedate sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety Her conduct during the funeral ceremony was staid and solemn. |
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stolid |
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/'stɒlɪd/ a. Syn. dull; impassive dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility The earthquake shattered Stuart's usual stolid demeanor; trembling, he crouched on the no longer stable ground. |
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stupefy |
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/'stju:pɪfaɪ/;/'stu:-/ v. make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to Disapproving of drugs in general, Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might stupefy her. |
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surfeit |
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/'sɜrfɪt/ v. eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess Every Thanksgiving we surfeit with an overabundance of holiday treats. |
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surmise |
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/sə'maɪz/ v. Syn. guess guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence I surmise that he will be late for this meeting because of the traffic issue. |
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surreptitious |
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/sʌrəp'tɪʃəs/ a. Syn. secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently Hoping to discover where his mom had hidden the Christmas presents, Timmy took a surreptitious peek into the master bedroom closet. |
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sycophant |
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/'sɪkəfænt/ n. Syn. bootlicker; flatterer one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man Fed up with the toadies and flunkies who made up his entourage, the star cried, "Get out, all of you! I'm sick of sycophant!" |
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tacit |
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/'tæsɪt/ a. indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent We have a tacit agreement based on only a handshake. |
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taciturn |
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/'tæsɪtə:n/ a. Syn. silent silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse The stereotypical cowboy is a taciturn soul, answering lengthy questions with a "Yep" or "Nope.". |
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tantamount |
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/'tæntəmaʊnt/ a. equivalent in effect or value Though Rudy claimed his wife was off visiting friends, his shriek of horror when she walked into the room was tantamount to a confession that he believed she was dead. |
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temerity |
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/tɪ'mɛrɪtɪ/ n. Syn. boldness; rashness boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger Do you have the temerity to argue with me?. |
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tenuous |
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/'tɛnjʊəs/ a. Syn. thin; rare; slim long and thin; slender; having little substance The allegiance of our allies is held by rather tenuous ties; we all should see it's in dangerous. |
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timorous |
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/'tɪmərəs/ a. Syn. fearful fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant His timorous manner betrayed the fear he felt at the moment. |