Difficult Words with Meaning and Sentence
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pathos 
1
 | change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform |
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
pernicious
2
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness |
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples |
pertinacious
3
| excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious |
| change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform |
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
proclivity
4
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
| empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant |
| inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
prosaic
5
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
| dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual |
| sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate |
| coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive |
punctilious
6
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant |
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
| marked by precise accordance with details |
ribald
7
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| long and thin; slender; having little substance |
| coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive |
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
sanguine
8
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
| proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
serendipity
9
| green; full of juice in vegetation |
| gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck |
| coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
taciturn
10
| silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
| person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples |