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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. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






2. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






3. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






4. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






5. Social outcast






6. Coalesce - fuse






7. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade






8. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






10. Sociable; fond of the company of others






11. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






12. Effective writing or speaking






13. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






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






15. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate






16. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






17. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






18. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid






19. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade






20. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






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






22. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






23. Book - usually large and academic






24. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






25. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






26. Flamboyant/verve/dash






27. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...






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






29. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






30. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






31. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






32. Temporary; lasting a brief time






33. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






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






35. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






36. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge






37. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane






38. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






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






40. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






41. To choose not to do something






42. A trace of something that once was present






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






44. No variation; tediously the same in sound






45. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane






46. Plastic/phony/pretentious






47. An investigation or inquiry






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






49. Pertaining to beauty






50. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire