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Challenging Vocabulary List by Dictionary.com

Before deleting these out of my inbox, I thought I would keep them all in a post in case I was ever wanting to go back and review some of these interesting and relatively tough words:

Strong vocabulary words from Dictionary.com

farouche ([fa-roosh])
adjective
1.
French. sullenly unsociable or shy.
2.
French. fierce.
benedict ([ben-i-dikt])
noun
1.
a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor.
scupper
[skuhp-er]
verb
1.
British. Informal. to prevent from happening or succeeding; ruin; wreck.
2.
British. Military. to overwhelm; surprise and destroy, disable, or massacre.

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Mythomane: Sentence Examples, Definition & Synonyms

Sentence Examples for “mythomane”

Examples from the News for “mythomane”

“[Laura Cumming’s portrait] … of the mythomane, egomaniac, and relentlessly self-promoting Gustave Courbet, who somehow nonetheless remains true to himself through all the lies, is hilarious and oddly heart-warming.

The Guardian (London, UK); Jul 25, 2009.

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Loquacious: Sentence Examples, Definition & Synonyms

Sentence Examples for “Loquacious”

Examples from the News for “Loquacious”

At turns jocular and loquacious, he discussed hiring a top editor and stressed the importance of editorial independence and tolerance.

Source: New York Times, Apr 12, 2018

That left six who were keen to talk, some of them very keen, so much so that it required all my powers of diplomacy to extract myself from their loquacious company.

Source: The Guardian, Mar 3, 2018

Examples from Business for “Loquacious”

Lynch will not be accused of being loquacious.

Source: Forbes, Jan 30, 2015

He won a reputation as loquacious and assertive, twisting arms for the more reticent Mr. Dorgan and wearing down interlocutors in long negotiations.

Source: New York Times, May 30, 2012

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Adroit: Sentence Examples, Definition & Synonyms

Sentence Examples for “Adroit” 

Examples from the News for “Adroit”

The gravity of the moment does not mean being politically adroit is not important.

Source: New York Times, May 31, 2018

Keeping Baghdad from drifting toward radicalism, or further into Iran’s orbit, will require adroit maneuvering by the U.S. and regional allies.

Source: Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2018

Examples from Business for “Adroit”

As a matter of fact, Pfizer’s adroit tax accounting is featured in a textbook — “Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses,” now in its 14th edition.

Source: New York Times, Nov 13, 2015

Secondarily, adroit questioning enables you to pivot and switch emphasis, adjust the direction, and even unobtrusively change the focus of the conversation.

Source: Forbes, Jun 4, 2015

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Mercurial: Sentence Examples, Definition & Synonyms

Sentence Examples for “Mercurial”

Examples from the News for “Mercurial”

“Deep, discipline-focused learning is simply a different goal than being adequately skilled to serve mercurial employers.”

Source: New York Times, May 25, 2018

Impatience drives his best work; the mind that enters ours when we read him is mercurial, impassioned, indignant, hilarious, voluble and always interesting.

Source: The Guardian, May 25, 2018

Examples from Business for “Mercurial”

The mercurial player said he is equipped to deal with it.

Source: Reuters, Jun 2, 2018

The chaos is partly the consequence of President Donald Trump’s mercurialtemperament, and the fact that he is served by advisers who disagree with each other.

Source: Economist, May 30, 2018

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Phlegmatic: Sentence Examples, Definition & Synonyms

Sentence Examples for “Phlegmatic” 

Examples from the News for “Phlegmatic”

Clear, phlegmatic reporting, as in the early days by veteran journalists of note, is sorely needed.

Source: Washington Post, Nov 19, 2017

Even this newspaper’s endorsement of Mr. Dinkins for a second term called him “disengaged,” undisciplined, “slow to react” and “maddeningly phlegmatic.”

Source: New York Times, Nov 9, 2017

Examples from Business for “Phlegmatic”

A phlegmatic Swedish banker, paid to assess political risk and how currencies might move, says he and colleagues rate the chance of rupture at almost zero.

Source: Economist, Jun 8, 2016

Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Gilmore is phlegmatic about the joys of yacht ownership, remarking that the appeal still escapes him.

Source: The Guardian, Jun 24, 2013

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Indolent: Sentence Examples, Definition & Synonyms

Sentence Examples for “Indolent”

Examples from the News for “Indolent”

But in reality it’s an important step towards a time when space travel for your average indolent millionaire will become commonplace.

Source: The Guardian, Feb 9, 2018

He also keeps a sharp lookout for thieves, delinquents and indolent workers.

Source: New York Times, Nov 4, 2017

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Laconic: Sentence Examples, Definition & Synonyms

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Sentence Examples for “Laconic”

Examples from the News for “Laconic”

Wish Trump was less moronic, and more laconic.

Source: New York Times, Apr 9, 2018

At one point during the meeting, Miller heavily criticized Tillerson, drawing a rare rebuke from the laconic secretary of state, who said he deserved respect.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2018

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