Recent 12 Months Editorial Challenging Vocabulary

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

Of vital importance; absolutely essential, mandatory, or crucial

Particular parts, features, or facets of a situation or topic

Extremely fast, intense, or forceful

Widespread, widely existing, or commonly occurring in a particular area or at a particular time

Without being influenced or affected by; despite

All together, in a large group, or as a whole body

Done without making distinctions, random, or scanning everyone without individual selection

Fruitless, ineffective, unproductive, or yielding no practical result or legal effect

Roughly pulling, pushing, or using physical force against a person

Old, poorly maintained, unstable, or malfunctioning under pressure

Breaking apart into small fragments; falling into decay, deterioration, or structural collapse

Extremely bad, shocking, or flagrant