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Challenging Words
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Subjects
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Book - usually large and academic
monotony
fallow
tome
discern
2. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
hyperbole
venerable
kindle
tangential
3. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
naiive
repast
Keen
venerable
4. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
ingrate
verbose
deference
quotidian
5. Turmoil/disorder
axiom
luminous
chaos
amalgamate
6. Old/antique/bygone/stale
antagonize
amalgamate
surly
archaic
7. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
chaos
pristine
unequivocal
gestation
8. Excess
wily
unconscionable
plethora
aesthetic
9. Plastic/phony/pretentious
lethargic
permeate
elegy
affected
10. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
sentient
unequivocal
leery
fallow
11. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
veracity
slake
tome
hermetic
12. Flamboyant/verve/dash
panache
innocuous
homogenous
lethargic
13. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
deference
nascent
inquest
connoisseur
14. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
debutante
tirade
apathy
supplant
15. Mark of disgrace
nuance
stigma
surly
deface
16. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
lavish
deface
belfry
plucky
17. A trace of something that once was present
ethos
vestige
boor
arbitrate
18. No variation; tediously the same in sound
dogmatic
disparate
monotony
grievous
19. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
esoteric
placate
eulogy
dogmatic
20. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
nuance
meticulous
intrepid
leery
21. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
aerie
deference
malleable
hermetic
22. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
sully
statis
lethargic
explicit
23. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
judicious
assail
dither
hyperbole
24. Deep hole
ingenuous
insurrection
abyss
hermetic
25. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
boor
burnish
Euphemism
repose
26. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
adulterate
dither
impervious
opaque
27. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
intrepid
dilettante
phalanx
imbue
28. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
pajorative
liberal
disparate
affected
29. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
liberal
waver
intractable
overwrought
30. To attack or assault - beset
assail
abyss
explicit
antagonize
31. Easily aroused
sully
volatile
ethos
catalyst
32. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
abstain
chaos
verbose
dirge
33. An investigation or inquiry
assail
Fanatical
adulterate
inquest
34. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
grievous
heterogeneous
connoisseur
judicious
35. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
latent
ingratiate
pungent
phalanx
36. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
arbitrary
zeal
panache
audacious
37. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
listless
dirge
pajorative
catalyst
38. Temporary; lasting a brief time
repose
transitory
vacillate
luminous
39. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
larceny
permeate
nascent
jargon
40. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
boor
ingrate
polemic
41. Set fire/excite
invective
kindle
naiive
abyss
42. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
frugality
obstinate
dilettante
impasse
43. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
debutante
supplant
elegy
grievous
44. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
rustic
naiive
statis
repudiate
45. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
audacious
symbiosis
lethargic
supplant
46. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
surly
inundate
discern
gregarious
47. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
fallow
homogenous
latent
tangential
48. Funeral bell/ omen of death
belfry
apathy
austere
knell
49. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
boor
antagonize
luminous
grievous
50. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
unequivocal
aerie
prodigal
intrepid