Challenging Words -1

Vinay B. (United States of America)
To help revise the words that are missed in the test
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  1. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  2. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  3. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  4. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  5. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  6. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  7. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  8. inevitable
    incapable of being avoided or prevented
  9. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  10. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  11. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  12. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  13. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  14. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
  15. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  16. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  17. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  18. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  19. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  20. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  21. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  22. conditional
    imposing or depending on or containing an assumption
  23. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  24. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  25. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  26. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Created on Sat Aug 25 12:20:57 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Aug 25 13:25:03 EDT 2012)

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