Recent 12 Months Editorial Challenging Vocabulary

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

Said or did something repeatedly, typically for emphasis or clarity

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)

Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, or capable

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

Inconsistent, irregular, or unpredictable in behavior or performance

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

Among other things (a Latin term commonly used in legal and formal contexts)

Leave someone or something trapped or isolated in an inaccessible place, here meaning to abandon or leave pending appointments in a state of uncertainty

The most important reason for someone's or something's existence