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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable






2. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine






3. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






4. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing






5. Bucolic - rural






6. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






7. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate






8. Book - usually large and academic






9. To choose not to do something






10. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






11. Relaxation - tranquility






12. Theft of property






13. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity






14. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






15. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason






16. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony






17. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...






18. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






19. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






20. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy






21. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






22. Social outcast






23. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm






24. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






25. Funeral bell/ omen of death






26. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate






27. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach






28. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense






29. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






30. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






31. Coalesce - fuse






32. Perceptive/sharp






33. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






34. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






35. Respected because of age






36. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






37. Brilliant/glowing






38. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable






39. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy






40. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown






41. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish






42. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






43. Mark of disgrace






44. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






45. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value






46. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






47. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






48. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






49. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






50. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant