Hard Words with Meaning and Sentence
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cupidity 
1
 | insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment |
| reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive |
| greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth |
| naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
cursory
2
| casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed |
| not domestic; wild; existing in wild or untamed state |
| cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness |
| infringe; advance beyond usual limit; make physical impact on; touch |
deride
3
| generous; high-minded; chivalrous |
| shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity |
| ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt |
| express strong disapproval of; disparage |
ephemeral
4
| absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness |
| naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
| tending to depart from main point or cover a wide range of subjects |
| short-lived; enduring a very short time |
fallacious
5
| insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment |
| ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt |
| without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited |
| false; tending to mislead; deceptive |
feral
6
| not domestic; wild; existing in wild or untamed state |
| very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful |
| incipient; coming into existence; emerging |
| strong feeling of aversion; dislike |
garrulous
7
| not domestic; wild; existing in wild or untamed state |
| talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details |
| domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by political group or nation over others |
| infringe; advance beyond usual limit; make physical impact on; touch |
hegemony
8
| talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details |
| domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by political group or nation over others |
| short-lived; enduring a very short time |
| absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness |
impassive
9
| without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited |
| very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful |
| mental keenness; quickness of perception |
| modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
impinge
10
| capricious; liable to sudden unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament |
| infringe; advance beyond usual limit; make physical impact on; touch |
| without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited |
| disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of |