200 Difficult Words - Group 2

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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 200 Difficult Words - Group 2
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/əb'si:kwɪəs/ a.
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery


Spelling Word: obsequious
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/əb'strɛpərəs/ a.
noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry


Spelling Word: obstreperous
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/'peɪθɒs/ n. Syn. pity
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings


Spelling Word: pathos
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/praɪ'mi:v(ə)l/ a. Syn. ancient; primitive
ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient


Spelling Word: primeval
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/'kwɒgmaɪə(r)/ n.
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself


Spelling Word: quagmire
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/'rɛktɪtju:d/;/-tu:d/ n. Syn. uprightness
uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment


Spelling Word: rectitude
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/rɪ'sɪnd/ v. Syn. cancel; annul; repeal
cancel; make void; repeal or annul


Spelling Word: rescind
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/sə'lɪsɪtəs/ a. Syn. worried; concerned
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern


Spelling Word: solicitous
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/'sɒmnələnt/ a.
half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep


Spelling Word: somnolent
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/'sɜrfɪt/ v.
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess


Spelling Word: surfeit