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






2. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






3. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable






4. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






5. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave






6. Influence or domination over






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






8. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






9. Brilliant/glowing






10. Funeral bell/ omen of death






11. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






12. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






13. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy






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






15. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






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






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






18. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






19. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






20. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






21. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






22. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






23. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy






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






25. Altruism/ charity






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






27. Excess






28. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish






29. Theft of property






30. Old/antique/bygone/stale






31. Sociable; fond of the company of others






32. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential






33. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






34. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






35. Self contradictory






36. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






37. Effective writing or speaking






38. Bucolic - rural






39. 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 ...






40. Temporary; lasting a brief time






41. Flamboyant/verve/dash






42. Commute/replace/superceded






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






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






45. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






46. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






47. Easily aroused






48. Truthfulness






49. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling






50. An investigation or inquiry






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