Hard English Words: Study Tools
Match Quiz
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Tools to study words
Click the above button to load......
Hard English Words: Study Tools
abjure 
1
 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
| formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| all of the same or similar kind or nature |
chicanery
2
| (logic) a statement that is necessarily true, useless repetition |
| massive and extremely remote celestial object |
| a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches |
| the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
circumlocution
3
| all of the same or similar kind or nature |
| a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, an indirect way of expressing something |
| a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches |
| a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs |
filibuster
4
| shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth |
| a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches |
| full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative |
| unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities |
incognito
5
| the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| with your identity concealed |
| a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes |
| the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy |
infrastructure
6
| done with very great haste and without due deliberation, extremely steep |
| the basic structure or features of a system or organization |
| the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy |
| synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) |
jejune
7
| the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative |
| lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them |
kowtow
8
| try to gain favor by cringing or flattering |
| a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches |
| pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust ,of or pertaining to construction or architecture |
| a political system governed by a few people |
loquacious
9
| unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
| full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative |
| characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control |
| synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) |
mitosis
10
| put down by force or intimidation, make subservient, force to submit or subdue |
| (of the elements) as if showing violent anger, characterized by violent emotions or behavior |
| lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus |