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Hard Words to Pronounce: Study Tools
antarctic 
1
 | the region around the south pole, at or near the south pole |
| a secret store of valuables or money |
| an adornment made of precious metals and set with gems |
| held legally responsible, subject to legal action |
cache
2
| a serious infectious disease that causes fever and difficulty in breathing and swallowing |
| a secret store of valuables or money |
| a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of it |
| a legislative assembly in certain countries |
colonel
3
| sweat, pass liquid through the skin |
| the seeds of a South American plant that are cooked and eaten as food |
| coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position |
| a commissioned military officer in the army who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general |
inchoate
4
| only partly in existence; imperfectly formed |
| an organ in humans and animals between the nose and the lungs that contains the muscles to create the voice or sounds |
| a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study |
| a family of similar musical instrument playing together |
miniature
5
| used to describe something that is a very small copy of an object |
| using words that imitate the sound they denote |
| the month following January and preceding March |
| a narrow piece of land with water on each side that joins two larger areas of land |
neophyte
6
| any new participant in some activity |
| of or characteristic of a child, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| athletic contest consisting of three different events |
| a serious infectious disease that causes fever and difficulty in breathing and swallowing |
ostensibly
7
| having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin |
| in a way that appears or claims to be one thing when it is really something else |
| a set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel |
| a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
panacea
8
| stupid, not correct, or not carefully thought about |
| something that will solve all problems |
| an adornment made of precious metals and set with gems |
| confidently optimistic and cheerful, positive and hoping for good things |
parentheses
9
| a commissioned military officer in the army who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general |
| round brackets, the symbols that are put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing |
| a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine |
| clean and safe to drink, suitable for drinking |
parliament
10
| a set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel |
| athletic contest consisting of three different events |
| not sensible about practical matters, idealistic and unrealistic |
| a legislative assembly in certain countries |