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101 English Vocabulary Puzzles

DAILY CHALLENGE March 11, 2010
Match each word to its description
1 ABSTRUSE	to cause bitterness and bad feeling
2 BLUNDERBUSS	indirect; slanting
3 CRINGE	difficult to understand; obscure
4 ENVENOM	feathers of a bird
5 HEDONISM	1. ancient weapon (type of gun); 2. a clumsy person
6 LACONIC	acceptance of fate
7 OBLIQUE	stubborn; resolute; holding firm to a purpose
8 PLUMAGE	recoil; flinch; shy away
9 RESIGNATION	self indulgence; pleasure-seeking
10 TENACIOUS	using few words; brief; to the point
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