Recent 12 Months Editorial Challenging Vocabulary

Severely restricted, handicapped, or prevented from functioning at full strength

Public shame, deep disgrace, or humiliation

Incapable of being moved, dismissed, or shifted; steadfastly resilient

Having an distinguished, proven, and illustrious record of excellence and pedigree

The different possible combinations or mathematical arrangements of various outcomes

Visually charming, scenic, and attractive, resembling a beautiful painting

Having a sharp, provocative, or intriguingly challenging character; here referring to an uncomfortably tricky situation

To forcibly pull, snatch, or extract something with intense struggle or effort

Intimidating, discouraging, or seeming very difficult to overcome

Because of or as a result of something

Embodied or represented in human form as a perfect, living example of a specific quality

Showed unsteadiness, hesitation, or inconsistency in performance

Giving one's name to a specific place, institution, or thing (named after the thing itself)

To an extraordinary or extremely high degree

Extremely harsh, unwelcoming, and difficult to live in or travel through

Accepting or allowing what happens without active response or resistance

Completely crushed, destroyed, or reduced to fine fragments or dust

The state or condition of being found or present everywhere at once

Carefully planned, measured, or adjusted to produce a precise effect

To trace, outline, or describe the precise physical or legal boundary of something on a map or chart