The toughest words

Question 1

Lambaste

Answer 1

denounce; strongly criticize

Question 2

Quiescient

Answer 2

marked by inactivity; in a state of quiet repose

Question 3

repose

Answer 3

a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility

Question 4

provisional

Answer 4

tentative, temporary, for the time being

Question 5

lurid

Answer 5

vividly shocking or sensational (lurid details of a crime or sexual matter)

Question 6

truculent

Answer 6

eager to fight or argue

Question 7

pugnacious

Answer 7

eager to fight or argue (truculent and belligerent)

Question 8

belligerent

Answer 8

hostile and agressive

Question 9

bella- (prefix)

Answer 9

war eg antebellum - before war

bellicose - fond of war

Question 10

propitiate

Answer 10

to win or regain the favor of someone ; to appease

Question 11

Elan

Answer 11

vigorous spirit, great enthusiasm (noun)

Question 12

perfunctory

Answer 12

in a spiritless, mechanical, and routine manner

Question 13

aplomb

Answer 13

self-assurance; confident composure; admirable poise under pressure (noun)

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opaque

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difficult to understand, unclear, mysterious

Question 15

craven

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lacking the least bit of courage; contemptibly faint-hearted

Question 16

base

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without morals or principles; ignoble

Question 17

Venal

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corrupt; dishonest; open to bribery

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licentious

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immoral; dissolute; debauched

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noxious

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harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant

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pernicious

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having a harmful effect

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duplicitous

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deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech

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profligate

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wasteful; squandering time and money by living for the moment

Question 23

insidious

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harmful in a subtle manner

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vacuous

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having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence

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inane

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silly, stupid

Question 26

Harbinger

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a person or thing that signals the arrival of something

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portent

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a sign or warning of something momentous or calamitous

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presage

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a sign or warning that something will happen

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beleaguer

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troubled, beset with difficulties

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burgeon

Answer 30

to grow or increase rapidly, to flourish

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imperious

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domineering and arrogant; haughty

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domineer

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asserting one's will over another's in an arrogant way

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petulant

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childish, sulky, or bad-tempered (Ronaldo)

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Querulous

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complaining in a petulant or whining manner

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complaisant

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willing to please others, obliging, agreeable

Question 36

obsequious

Answer 36

excessively obedient and attentive

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obdurate

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stubborn (intransigent)

Question 38

intransigent

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stubborn (obdurate)

Question 39

redolent

Answer 39

strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something

Question 40

chicanery

Answer 40

the deliberate use of trickery

Question 41

artifice

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a clever or cunning device used to decieve

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slight

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to deliberately ignore, to disrespect

Question 43

capitulate

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to surrender, to comply without protest

Question 44

apochryphal

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of doubtful authenticity, false, spurious(false or fake)

Question 45

magestarial

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learned and authoritative

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chagrin

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embarassment

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obstreperous

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noisy and difficult to control

Question 48

dilapidated

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broken down, in a state of despair, deplorable condition

Question 49

extemporize

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imrpovise

Question 50

dilatory

Answer 50

slow to act

Question 51

vituperative

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bitter and abusive

Question 52

perfidy

Answer 52

deliberate breach of faith or trust, disloyalty

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indomitable

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very determined, unwavering, resolute

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moribund

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approaching death, about to become obsolete

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flippant

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not showing a serious or respectful attitude

Question 56

facetious

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treating a serious issue with deliberately inappropriate humor

Question 57

credulous

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easily convinced, tending to believe too easily, gullible

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florid

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flowery in style, very ornate

Question 59

excoriating

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scathing, expressing strong disapproval

Question 60

interloper

Answer 60

and intruder

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cerebral

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intellectual rather than emotional

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visceral

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instinctive rather than rational

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nonplussed

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utterly perplexed, completely puzzled, confounded

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ignominious

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shameful, humiliating, disgraceful

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euphony

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mellifluous or pleasant sounds

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vacillate

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alternate or waver, to be indecisive

Question 67

timorous

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showing nervousness or fear

Question 68

impudent

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insolent, not showing due respect