200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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200 Difficult Words - Group 2
odious 
1
 | hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
pertinacious
2
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation |
| tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
primeval
3
| ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient |
| streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful |
| prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs |
| sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate |
rebuke
4
| slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor |
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
| dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual |
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
ribald
5
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply |
| coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive |
| empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant |
rife
6
| tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
| excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use |
servile
7
| agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way |
| obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor |
surmise
8
| impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence |
tacit
9
| severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply |
| dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual |
| noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry |
| indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent |
torpid
10
| full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful |
| annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to |
| dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual |
| having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed |