200 Words Every 12th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 4

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  1. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  2. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  3. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  4. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  5. mystical
    beyond ordinary understanding
  6. paean
    a hymn of praise
  7. phenomenal
    exceedingly or unbelievably great
  8. punitive
    inflicting punishment
  9. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  10. rogue
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  11. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  12. sequester
    keep away from others
  13. simultaneous
    occurring or operating at the same time
  14. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  15. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  16. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  17. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  18. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  19. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  20. whet
    sharpen by rubbing
Created on Wed Aug 23 13:54:27 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 13:38:10 EDT 2023)

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