Difficult Words with Meaning and Sentence
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[Esc] (1) /'pɑrsɪmənɪ/;/-moʊnɪ/ n.
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Because her father wouldn't let her buy a new iPhone, Annie accused him of [___].
[Esc] (2) /proʊ'skraɪb/;/proʊ-/ v. Syn. banish; outlaw
command against; banish; outlaw
Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus united to [___] all those who had conspired against Julius Caesar.
[Esc] (3) /'pjʊəraɪl/;/-rəl/ a. Syn. childish
childish; belonging to childhood; immature
His [___] pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends.
[Esc] (4) /'pʌlkrɪtju:d/ n. Syn. beauty; comeliness
great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
I do not envy the judges who have to select this year's Miss America from this collection of female [___].
[Esc] (5) /rɪ'bju:k/ v. Syn. admonish; scold
scold harshly; criticize severely
No matter how sharply I [___] Huck for his misconduct, he never talks back but just stand there like a stump.
[Esc] (6) /rɪ'pju:dɪeɪt/ v. Syn. disown
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
On separating from Tony, Tina announced that she would [___] all debts incurred by her soon-to-be ex-husband.
[Esc] (7) /sə'gæsətɪ/ n.
quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
She was half sorry her [___] had miscarried, and half glad that Tom had stumbled into obedient conduct for once.
[Esc] (8) /'sɜrvaɪl/;/'sɛrvl/ a. Syn. slavish; cringing
slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor
Constantly fawning on his employer, humble Uriah Heap was a [___] creature.
[Esc] (9) /'sɒmnələnt/ a.
half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all [___] and indifferent to the speaker.
[Esc] (10) /'spjʊərɪəs/ a. Syn. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
Natasha's claim to be the lost heir of the Romanoffs was spurious: the only thing Russian about her was the vodka she drank!.