Hard Words 1

Question 1

Adumbrate

Answer 1

represent in outline

Question 2

Peroration

Answer 2

a highly rhetorical speech

Question 3

Discountenance

Answer 3

refuse to approve of

Question 4

Prorate

Answer 4

allocate, distribute, or assess

Question 5

Sinecure

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a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefits

Question 6

Largesse

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generosity in bestowing money

Question 7

Phlegmatic

Answer 7

having an unemotionally/stolidly calm disposition

Question 8

Ignoble

Answer 8

not honorable

Question 9

Precarious

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not securely held in position; likely to collapse

Question 10

Prolocutor

Answer 10

spokesperson

Question 11

Interloper

Answer 11

a person who becomes involved where they are not wanted

Question 12

Pestilential

Answer 12

relating or tending to cause infectious disease

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Enmity

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the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to something

Question 14

Sacrosanct

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regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with

Question 15

Injudicious

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showing poor judgement; unwise

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Parsimonious

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stingy or frugal

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Truculent

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quick to argue or fight

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Malcontent

Answer 18

a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious

Question 19

Neophyte

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someone who is new or inexperienced

Question 20

Uninitiated

Answer 20

without special knowledge or experience

Question 21

Cognoscenti

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people considered well informed about a subject

Question 22

Seminal

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strongly influenced by later development

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Accretion

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growth in size or increase in amount

Question 24

Adjunct

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something added, attached, or joined

Question 25

Bacchanalian

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pertaining to riotous or drunk festivity; pertaining to revelry

Question 26

Grouse

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to complain

Question 27

Gustatory

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affecting the sense of taste

Question 28

Halcyon

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calm and peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous

Question 29

Hermetic

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tightly sealed; magical

Question 30

Hirsute

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covered in hair

Question 31

Histrionic

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relating to exaggerated emotional behavior for calculated effect; theatrical arts or performances

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Homily

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sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; platitude

Question 33

Iconoclastic

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attacking cherished traditions

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Imbroglio

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complicated situation; an entanglement

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Impecunious

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having no money; poor

Question 36

Impinge

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to strike; encroach

Question 37

Implacable

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inflexible; incapable of being pleased

Question 38

Imprecation

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curse; swearing

Question 39

Impute

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to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic

Question 40

Inchoate

Answer 40

imperfectly formed or formulated

Question 41

Incursion

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sudden invasion

Question 42

Indigence

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poverty

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Indolent

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habitually lazy; idle

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Ineluctable

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not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

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Inert

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unable to move; sluggish

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Ingenuous

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naive and trusting; lacking sophistication

Question 47

innocuous

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harmless

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Insipid

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lacking in flavor; dull

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Insouciant

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indifferent; lacking care or concern

Question 50

Insularity

Answer 50

narrow-mindedness; isolation