200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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| 200 Difficult Words - Group 2 | View Group Words |
officious 
1
 | change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform |
| full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful |
| secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently |
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
pathos
2
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry |
| unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste |
| filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied |
paucity
3
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry |
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
pernicious
4
| change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| model of excellence or perfection; peerless example |
primeval
5
| ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient |
| hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of |
puerile
6
| childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| command against; banish; outlaw |
| coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive |
repudiate
7
| noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry |
| done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care |
| disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
somnolent
8
| person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples |
| half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive |
| severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply |
spurious
9
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
surreptitious
10
| guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence |
| equivalent in effect or value |
| point directly overhead in sky; summit |
| secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently |