200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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200 Difficult Words - Group 2
obsequious 
1
 | long and thin; slender; having little substance |
| debase; degrade; spread negative information about |
| slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| regarded as sacred and inviolable |
odious
2
| hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply |
parsimony
3
| bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred |
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
pathos
4
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control |
| sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck |
pellucid
5
| soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| transparent; limpid; easy to understand |
| unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste |
pernicious
6
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
| false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
pertinacious
7
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile |
| sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
pithy
8
| slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| transparent; limpid; easy to understand |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
portent
9
| omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied |
| natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection |
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
replete
10
| one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man |
| filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| model of excellence or perfection; peerless example |