Recent 12 Months Editorial Challenging Vocabulary

Become dry and shiveled, or decline and decay

A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other

Tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native

Remaining or staying around for a long time

An imaginary threat, specter, or illusion

Making someone nervous, worried, or shaken (here meaning causing trouble or instability)

Never done or known before

Closely united, integrated, and working well together

A person who has responsibility for protecting or guarding something (here, referring to the goalkeeper)

A person's fixed or allotted period of work or duty

A state of great confusion, uncertainty, or wild disturbance

Not justified, necessary, or authorized

Becoming weaker, declining, or losing strength

Too powerful to be defeated or overcome

Independent-minded, unconventional, or unorthodox

People who supply or promote a particular good, service, or activity (here referring to spin bowlers)

Agreement, compatibility, or harmony with something

Abandoning or giving up (something valued or important, like power or a habit)

Protect someone or something from unpleasant change or influences; here meaning to protect tribunals from political or administrative interference by the government