Difficult Words with Meaning and Sentence
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obtuse 
1
 | lacking in insight or discernment; stupid |
| disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility |
officious
2
| voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile |
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
palliate
3
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility |
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
perfidious
4
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck |
| tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
perfunctory
5
| done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care |
| lacking in insight or discernment; stupid |
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
| worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern |
pertinacious
6
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to |
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
proclivity
7
| inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
| guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence |
| easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile |
| change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation |
rectitude
8
| uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
| hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act |
| sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
rescind
9
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| cancel; make void; repeal or annul |
| empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant |
| uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
sanguine
10
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence |