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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. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
boor
obstinate
lucid
Keen
2. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
hermetic
lucid
aerie
latent
3. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
fallow
itinerant
polemic
symbiosis
4. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
intransigent
tome
Fanatical
advocate
5. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
dirge
tome
latent
rhetoric
6. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
tirade
arbitrate
nascent
abyss
7. To attack or assault - beset
assail
discern
latent
intrepid
8. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
repudiate
impasse
eulogy
abstain
9. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
banal
knell
disparate
monotony
10. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
innocuous
sully
ambiguous
intractable
11. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
dirge
venerable
ingrate
listless
12. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
inquest
connoisseur
advocate
slake
13. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
sportive
gestation
dirge
repudiate
14. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
affected
acme
polemic
pervade
15. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
assail
explicit
naiive
dirge
16. Theft of property
larceny
leery
crescendo
pariah
17. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
disparate
nascent
repast
paradox
18. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
analogous
Amulet
abeyance
chaos
19. Growing in number quickly/spawn
nuance
abeyance
proliferate
phalanx
20. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
prudence
arbitrary
pajorative
slake
21. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
affected
eulogy
lament
dogmatic
22. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
audacious
prodigal
quotidian
grovel
23. Mark of disgrace
knell
inundate
stigma
tome
24. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
antagonize
repast
terrestrial
ingenuous
25. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
slake
nascent
crescendo
itinerant
26. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
pristine
pungent
deface
tirade
27. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
adulterate
judicious
sportive
symbiosis
28. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
alleviate
advocate
gregarious
vacillate
29. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
adulterate
wraith
plucky
dirge
30. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
lucid
homogenous
gregarious
31. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
stratagem
erratic
symbiosis
whimsical
32. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
ingratiate
embellish
analogous
supplant
33. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
jettison
phalanx
elegy
plucky
34. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
dirge
statis
homogenous
lament
35. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
whimsical
advocate
ambiguous
lament
36. Old/antique/bygone/stale
eloquent
veracity
banal
archaic
37. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
whimsical
sportive
meticulous
Euphemism
38. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
eulogy
hermetic
archaic
gestation
39. Relaxation - tranquility
prodigal
repudiate
volatile
repose
40. Flamboyant/verve/dash
panache
prudence
grovel
stratagem
41. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
dirge
archaic
gregarious
overwrought
42. Effective writing or speaking
ingrate
homogenous
rhetoric
leery
43. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
phalanx
convoluted
latent
44. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
gullible
permeate
plucky
intractable
45. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
symbiosis
nuance
gullible
malleable
46. Self contradictory
paradox
bombastic
ingrate
liberal
47. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
tirade
slake
deference
discern
48. Sociable; fond of the company of others
placate
insurrection
gregarious
waver
49. Suggest - propose an explanation
posit
lucid
judicious
supplant
50. Coalesce - fuse
amalgamate
repast
bombastic
elegy