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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. Wandering and unpredictable






2. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






3. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






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






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






6. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






7. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






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






9. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






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






11. Effective writing or speaking






12. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






13. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend






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






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






16. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






17. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






18. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






19. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






20. Commute/replace/superceded






21. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






22. Easily aroused






23. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






24. Pertaining to beauty






25. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






26. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian






27. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






28. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






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






30. Tolerant - broad-minded






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






32. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






33. Mark of disgrace






34. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






35. Coalesce - fuse






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






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






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






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






40. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






41. Theft of property






42. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






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






44. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






45. No variation; tediously the same in sound






46. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine






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






48. Suggest - propose an explanation






49. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person






50. Excess