The most challenging words in russian and ukrainian: 1-Облагодетельствованный / to receive favours:The length of this word is mostly owed to the many suffixes. The root can be traced back to the word благо (bla-go) which is synonymous to ‘good’ when used as a noun. 2-Интерпретировать / to interpret:This is a word of Latin origin that found its way into Russian 3-Выгравированый / engraved:A word of French origin. In the English and Russian though, it can also mean to carve something out. 4-Усовершенствование / improvement:With the eventual goal of achieving совершенство (so-ver-shen-stvo), the prefix у (u) adds the meaning of getting closer to perfection. 5-Предшествовавший (pred-she-stvo-vav-shi) / preceding:This is an interesting word to take apart: the root comes from the verb шествовать (shes-tvo-vat’), which once meant “to march in a festive manner.” Used with the prefix пред (pred), the word describes something that comes before something else, or it ‘precedes’ it. 6-Покровительствовавший (po-kro-vi-tel’-stvo-vav-shi) / to cover:Digging into the roots of the word, it literally means to provide cover for somebody. 7-Компрометирующий (kom-pro-me-ti-ru-yu-schi) / compromising:The English and Russian versions of these words sound similar and have the same meaning: ‘to arrive at a mutual agreement’. The root is derived from the French word promettre, which means ‘promise’. 8-Воспользовавшийся (vos-pol‘-zo-vav-shiy-sya) / used:Although the general translation is ‘used’, the more precise translation is somebody who has made use of something. 9-Беспрецедентный (bes-pre-tsen-dent-niy) / unprecedented:Yet another Latin word that was incorporated into Russian, this one refers to something that has never happened before. ukrainian: 1-Зіштовхнувся (Bumped into),2-Загальноосвітній (Of general education),3-Літературознавсто (Literary studies),4-Сільскогосподарскій (Agricultural),5-Виїжджати (Depart),6-Сфотографувати (Take picture),7-Тиждень (Week).