Hard Words with Meaning and Sentence
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odious 
1
 | hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance |
| point directly overhead in sky; summit |
officious
2
| make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
pathos
3
| regarded as sacred and inviolable |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection |
| inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
perfidious
4
| natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection |
| cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy |
| precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
| tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
pernicious
5
| seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
| point directly overhead in sky; summit |
platitude
6
| depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| false; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
| confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex |
proclivity
7
| done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care |
| inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
| excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance |
| tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
propitious
8
| full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful |
| presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous |
| inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
| make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to |
prurient
9
| having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having eager desire for something |
| one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man |
| point directly overhead in sky; summit |
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
replete
10
| excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance |
| obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority |
| marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied |