All 147 toughest terms

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Agog highly excited

Piquancy pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.

meeting where party leaders are elected and strategy is

Caucus
determined

Augury sign of what will happen, omen

Tandem coming one after another

Rhapsodize to express oneself in an immoderately enthusiastic manner.

Pre- importance, significance; superiority, supremacy; distinctiveness,

eminence state of being distinguished; advantage

Tenacity firmness or persistence

Nave central part of the church

below 3 kilohertz; Synonym : extremely low frequency. Extremely

Elf
Low Frequency)

Obtain PREVAIL, be in force. for e.g. rules obtaining in other jurisdictions

Palter to act insincerely or deceitfully

Discommode to cause inconvenience to : TROUBLE

Entrench establish so firmly that change is difficult :

Mulish unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate like a mule

Inveigh to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : RAIL

Imbue fill with a feeling or quality

Xerophagy fast which includes the eating of dry foods only

refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed

Balky
or expected

blandishmen
something that tends to coax or cajole : ALLUREMENT
t

Surly gruff; bad : tempered and unfriendly

Ennui feeling of listlessness, boredom, and dissatifaction

Ream 500 sheets of paper

Ladle a long handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving soup, stew etc
Speculative risky; based on guesswork rather than knowledge

Ensnare keep someone in a situation from which they canot escape

Ensue to follow as a consequence or result

Knoll a small rounded hill or mound; a hillock

Incontroverti
impossible to dispute; unquestionable
ble

courage or nerve . the ability to face difficulty with spirit and

Moxie
courage; aggressive energy

Tintinnabulat
the ringing or sounding of bells
ion

a length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil; a flock of

Skein
geese or similar birds in flight

hardened sugary exudation of various trees; food that God gave the
Manna
Israelites during the exodus

Stentorian extremely loud

Vicissitude a change or variation. The quality of being changeable; mutability

strict observance of or insistence on traditional correctness,

Purism
especially of language

Japery acting like a clown or buffoon; a trick or practical joke

Dolorous marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain

damage, injury, or a wrongful act done willfully, negligently, or in

Tort
circumstances involving strict liability, but not involving breach.

a petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer. One who quibbles over

Pettifogger
trivia

Slatternly slovenly; untidy

Muckrake to search for and expose misconduct in public life.

Mordant bitingly sarcastic

Francophile a person who admires France, its people, or its culture

characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; a plane rectangle

Foursquare with four equal sides and four right angles; a four : sided regular
polygon

Enfeoff to invest with a feudal estate or fee

Ineluctable impossible to avoid or evade

Malfeasance misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official

 a chronically dissatisfied person; one who rebels against the
Malcontent
established system; discontented as toward authority

Hull the dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; body of a ship

A time unit equal to 1000000 years; used in reference to

Cron
evolutionary processes

Votary One zealously devoted to a religion

Croon To sing softly or in a humming way

A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or

Quisling
her country

Termagant A person, traditionally a woman, who persistently nags or criticizes

A small, often select group of persons who associate with one

Coterie
another frequently

Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring , dull; monotonous talk

Humdrum
or routine.

Happenstanc
An unexpected random event
e

a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4 x 4 x 8 feet or 128

Cord cubic feet . To pile (wood) in cords; a line made of twisted fibers or
threads

A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax

Diazepam
muscles;

A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquila and

Sagitta
Vulpecula

The most central and material part; the choicest or most essential
Marrow
or most vital part of some idea or experience

Food for domestic animals; fodder. The act of looking or searching

Forage
for food or provisions

A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in

Quart
liquid measure, equal to / 4 gallon or 32 ounces

A husk, pod, or shell, as of a pea, hickory nut, or ear of corn. The

Shuck
shell of an oyster or clam

Of, relating to, or tending to eliminate; tending to cleanse or purge,

Evacuant
especially causing evacuation of the bowels

Frisky Playful

Quatrain A stanza or poem of four lines

Vulgaris Being of the usual type; common

Frill Something costly and unnecessary

A path or strip; the space created by the swing of a scythe or the

Swath
cut of a mowing machine

Of or relating to the suture uniting the two parietal bones of the

Sagittal
skull;

Pelf Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired

cause to feel bored or enervated. 2)cause to appear foolish or

Stultify
absurd

Of, relating to, or using an intermittent asymmetrical alternating

Faradic
electric current produced by an induction coil

To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior; to

Grovel
behave in a servile or demeaning manner

A shallow part of a body of water : shallow; measuring little from

Shoal bottom to top or surface, a large number of fish swimming
together.

Glut To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate

Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion; lacking intensity of

Pallid
color or luminousness

Batten Grow fat,thrive upon others

Conch Large seashell

Ingenue An artless girl;an actress who plays such parts

Orison Prayer

Rambunctiou
Boisterous and disorderly
s

Carpophago
Feeding on fruit; fruit : eating
us

A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and flax; pretentious speech

Fustian
or writing; pompous language; pompous, bombastic, and ranting

A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; a feeling of regret

Compunction for one's sins or misdeeds; a feeling of uncertainty about the fitness
or correctness of an action; regret, sorrow

Carrying inward to a central organ or section, as nerves that

conduct impulses from the periphery of the body to the brain or
Afferent
spinal cord; transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve
centers
 To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible; cause to
Stultify appear foolish; deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or
worthless; cripple

Instate to set or establish in a rank or office:INSTALL

To become or make much less or smaller; dwindle; to become or

Shrivel make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying; to lose or cause to
lose vitality or intensity; dehydrate, dry up

Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in

Caginess
practical matters; secretive; wary; careful; shrewd

Cadge To beg or get by begging, BEGGAR, bummer, moocher, panhandler

Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink; very

Bibulous absorbent, as paper or soil; inclined to drink; of or relating to drink
or drinking

Pretentious, pompous speech or writing; a coarse sturdy cloth

Fustian
made of cotton and flax; pompous or pretentious talking or writing

Land left unseeded during a growing season; inactive; plowed but

Fallow
left unseeded during a growing season : fallow farmland

To confine within or as if within walls; imprison; lock up or confine,

Immure
in or as in a jail

The scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil,
Armageddon prophesied to occur at the end of the world; a decisive or
catastrophic conflict

A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often

incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating
Pastiche
the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an
artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist

A substance used in a chemical reaction to detect, measure,

Reagent
examine, or produce other substances

Cow To frighten with threats or a show of force; browbeat, intimidate;

To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or

Lop excising; to hang limply, loosely, and carelessly; cut off from a
whole

Jejune Not interesting; dull; lacking maturity; childish; lacking in nutrition

A small glass bottle for holding a condiment, such as vinegar or oil;

Cruet a small vessel for holy water or for water or wine used in the
consecration of the Eucharist

To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; to

Preclude
exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity
 A bunion is an abnormal enlargement of the joint; a painful,
inflamed swelling of the bursa at the first joint of the big toe,
Bunion
characterized by enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement
of the toe

1) a home providing care for the sick or terminally ill. 2) a lodging

Hospice
for travellers, especially one run by a religious order

A German, especially a German soldier; offensive terms for a

Jerry
person of German descent

To gather grain left behind by reapers; to collect (something) bit by

Glean
bit; gather facts in small quantities

Gruffness A throaty harshness; an abrupt discourteous manner

A vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; a

machine in which materials are ground and blended or crushed; an
Mortar
ancient field weapon that fires a projectile in a high arch to reach
an impact point; plastic material to bond stones and bricks together

One that is extraordinarily large and powerful; any large animal, as

Leviathan a whale; a monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible;
something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship

The condition of being fully supplied or completely filled; a state of

Repletion
excessive fullness

A mythical monster of varying descriptions; any of several

Orc
cetaceans especialy the grampus of the dolphin family

To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally

abandon; to abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or
Maroon
escape; a fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and
18th centuries; a dark reddish brown to dark purplish red

A festival or religious holiday, especially a saint's day celebrated in

Fiesta
Spanish : speaking countries

In a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner; merrily; with bright colors or

Gaily
trimmings; showily

The fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord. The oath of such
Fealty
fidelity

To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably; to place or conceal in a

Ensconce
secure place; hide; tuck away; fix firmly

A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service;

Votary
a faithful follower; an enthusiast

Demurral The act of demurring, especially a mild, polite, or considered

expression of opposition; a formal objection to an opponent's
 pleadings

To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign;

Vouchsafe to let have as a favor, prerogative, or privilege; to descend to a
level considered inappropriate to one's dignity; ose; grant

conditionally released from jail; pledge or promise made by a

Paroles
prisoner that he will obey the terms of his release

A celestial being having three pairs of wings; the first of the nine
Seraph
orders of angels in medieval angelology

Fabric a structure or framework

1) a roll of fabric, originally as a measure 2) run away suddenly3 )

Bolt
BAR, LOCK, catch, latch, fastener

Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching; one praying humbly for

Suppliant
something

Disagreeable to the sense of hearing; making or causing a harsh

Jarring
and irritating sound; characterized by rough motion

A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or

Tirade
denunciatory nature; a diatribe

To gather grain left behind by reapers; to collect (something) bit by

Glean
bit

To give up completely; to desert; careless disregard for

Abandon consequences; leave behind, relinquish; leave in troubled state;
careless, often reckless disregard for consequences

Rancour A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill : will

To violate the sacredness of; profane; spoil or mar the sanctity of;
Desecrate
abuse, violate

A group of four musicians or singers; also, a piece of music for four

instruments or voices; composition for four voices or four
Quartet
instruments or four parts; four performers or singers who perform
together

Not physically steady or firm; unsound, broken : down; shaky; likely

Rickety
to fall apart

A group of three; a chord of three tones, especially one built on a

Triad given root tone plus a major or minor third and a perfect fifth; set of
three similar things considered as a unit

Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; ridiculous,

Preposterous bizarre; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; senseless as
to be laughable

Puckish Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful

Delusion An erroneous perception of reality; misconception, misbelief

Self : confident assurance; poise; assurance of manner or of action;

Aplomb a firm belief in one's own powers; stable, calm state of the
emotions

A state of reduced or suspended sensibility; state of mental

Stupor numbness, as that resulting from shock; a daze; condition of
dullness, often resulting from stress; unconsciousness

A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed

Benedict
bachelor

A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition;

botanical garden primarily devoted to trees and woody plants,
Arboretum
forming a living collection of trees intended at least partly for
scientific study

A habitually complaining or irritable person; a grumbling or sulky

Grouch
mood; complaint; a grudge

Animadversi Strong criticism; a critical or censorious remark; harsh criticism or

on disapproval

Crude; unrefined; awkward or clumsy; ungraceful; archaic; foreign;

Uncouth
unfamiliar; clumsy, uncultivated; lacking in delicacy or refinement

Place of origin; derivation; the history of the ownership of an object,

Provenance
especially when documented or authenticated