Highly Tested Words

Censure

Strong formal criticism or disapproval

Anachronistic

Out of its proper time period; chronologically misplaced

Buttress

To support or reinforce (verb); a support structure (noun)

Dearth

A scarcity or lack of something

Scarcity

Insufficiency; a small supply

Analogous

Comparable in certain respects; similar

Substantiate

To provide evidence supporting a claim

Underscore

To emphasize or highlight

Tortuous

"Full of twists and turns; excessively complex (NOT ""torturous"" = painful)"

Equivocate

To use vague language to avoid committing to a clear position

Esoteric

Understood by only a small specialized group

Abstruse

Difficult to understand; obscure

Ambivalent

Having mixed or contradictory feelings

Ambiguous

Open to more than one interpretation

Verisimilitude

The appearance of being true or real

Perfunctory

Done routinely with little care or effort

Peremptory

"Demanding

Coterminous

Having the same boundaries; coinciding in extent or time

Recalcitrant

Stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Ineffable

Too great or intense to be expressed in words

Disparate

Fundamentally different; not comparable

Usurped

Seized power or position by force or without right

Fortuitous

Happening by lucky chance

Poignant

Evoking a sharp sense of sadness or emotion