Recent 12 Months Editorial Challenging Vocabulary

To accumulate, increase, or be received as a regular financial benefit over time

A scale or series of successive stages, levels, or distinct tiers of classification

A long search or determined effort to find or achieve something

To make fine adjustments or slight modifications to something

Absolutely necessary, essential, or of critical importance to functioning

Extremely large, extraordinarily high, or immense in magnitude

Aggressive, hostile, combative, or eager to fight

To fight, struggle, or take active measures against something undesirable or harmful

Young, newly developed, or in the early stages of growth and learning

Directed, channelled, or poured in large amounts toward a specific purpose or location

Advocates of aggressive, hardline, or militaristic policies in political or strategic debates, rather than peaceful compromise

Rapid and widespread growth, increase, or spread of something

In that place, document, matter, or circumstance

Publicly praised, promoted, or boasted about something enthusiastically to gain support

Caught, squeezed, or stuck tightly between two opposing forces or obstacles

Open to more than one interpretation; not clear or distinct

Making an unpleasant or painful feeling less intense; soothing or calming

Heavy material used to make a ship steady; figuratively, something that provides stability, balance, or substance

Brought about, produced, or successfully accomplished

Torn apart, split, or deeply fractured by conflict or divisions