200 Difficult Words - Group 2

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/ə'fɪʃəs/ a.
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others


Spelling Word: officious
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/praɪ'mi:v(ə)l/ a. Syn. ancient; primitive
ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient


Spelling Word: primeval
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/pʌŋk'tɪlɪəs/ a.
marked by precise accordance with details


Spelling Word: punctilious
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/kwɪk'sɒtɪk/ a.
idealistic without regard to practicality


Spelling Word: quixotic
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/sə'gæsətɪ/ n.
quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness


Spelling Word: sagacity
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/'seɪlɪənt/ a. Syn. prominent
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs


Spelling Word: salient
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/sæŋktɪ'moʊnɪəs/ a. Syn. hypocritical
excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious


Spelling Word: sanctimonious
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/'tæsɪt/ a.
indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent


Spelling Word: tacit
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/'tæntəmaʊnt/ a.
equivalent in effect or value


Spelling Word: tantamount
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/'tɛnjʊəs/ a. Syn. thin; rare; slim
long and thin; slender; having little substance


Spelling Word: tenuous