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






2. To attack or assault - beset






3. Flamboyant/verve/dash






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






5. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






6. Clever - deceptive






7. Social outcast






8. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






10. Relaxation - tranquility






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






12. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






13. Suggest - propose an explanation






14. Deep hole






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






16. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






17. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






18. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






19. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






20. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






21. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






22. Influence or domination over






23. No variation; tediously the same in sound






24. Mark of disgrace






25. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






26. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure






27. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






28. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






29. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver






30. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






32. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






33. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky






34. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






35. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate






36. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






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






38. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






39. Coalesce - fuse






40. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






41. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






42. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






43. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






44. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate






45. To expand like a woman in labor






46. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible






47. Caution/thrift/widom






48. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester






49. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






50. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous