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Chapter 37-45

Challenging Words

TermDefinition
beholden indebted
desultory rambling
dissimulate to hide one's feelings
exalt to praise
incontrovertible certain
insouciant carefree
latent present but hidden
mire to involve in difficulties
predicate to assert
pusillanimous fearful
subliminal unaware
anent regarding
beleaguer to annoy
doughty courageous
engender to promote
incorrigible bad beyond correction
noisome harmful
pert bold
rout overwhelming defeat
subterfuge trickery
whet to stimulate
assiduity without water
chimerical imaginary
consolidate to combine
cursory hasty
execrate to curse
extirpate to destroy
foist to pass off inferior merchandise
glib fluent
knuckle to yield
predispose to make susceptible
skinflint stingy (reluctant to give/spend) person
suborn to hire for an unlawful act
succor assistance
usury excessive amount of money charged as interest
assimilate to absorb
avid enthusiastic
exhort to warn
extradite to give up a prisoner to another authority
folderol nonsense
incumbent resting
insuperable unconquerable
miscegenation mixture of races through marriage
non sequitur something that does not logically follow
ostentatious boastful
polemic argument
preeminent standing out
supercilious proud
wily tricky
axiom true statement
bungle to do things clumsily
enmity hatred
exigent urgent
extrapolate to estimate
hector to bully
incur consequence
levity lack of seriousness
salacious obscene
skulduggery trickery
subsidiary supplementary
veneer an outward show that misrepresents
anneal to toughen
choleric easily angered
consternation panic
cynosure center of attention
exonerate to free from blame
incursion an invasion
insurrection rebellion
perverse cranky
quail to lose courage
quandary a dilemma
relegate to banish
subterranean underground
affectation insincerity
banal common
drivel childish nonsense
foray a sudden attack
magnate important person in any field
ponderous heavy; burdensome
querulous complaining
subversive tending to weaken
burlesque an action that treats a serious subject with ridicule
cipher person or thing of no value
cognate relevant/related
debonair pleasant
dour gloomy
esconce to conceal
gird to encircle
hegira escape
slake to lessen by satisfying
withal nevertheless
anon soon
bedlam a noisy uproar
beset to attack
dross waste matter
indigent extremely poor
maladroit unskillful
nonplus to confuse
portentous warning
quasi resembling
salient significant
supplicate to beg
wizened withered
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