Difficult Words with Meaning and Sentence
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obdurate 
1
 | hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man |
| point directly overhead in sky; summit |
| debase; degrade; spread negative information about |
paucity
2
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste |
portent
3
| omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile |
| person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples |
| equivalent in effect or value |
querulous
4
| oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness |
| habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance |
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
rebuke
5
| impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control |
| tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
| habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance |
| scold harshly; criticize severely |
rescind
6
| cancel; make void; repeal or annul |
| silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse |
| great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty |
| unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste |
restive
7
| impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control |
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
| precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
| cancel; make void; repeal or annul |
sacrosanct
8
| impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control |
| regarded as sacred and inviolable |
| sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate |
| equivalent in effect or value |
serendipity
9
| change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation |
| soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
| gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck |
stolid
10
| dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility |
| person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples |
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| being or existing everywhere; omnipresent |