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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. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy






2. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.






3. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






4. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally






5. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






6. Easily aroused






7. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






8. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






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






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






11. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






12. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






13. Influence or domination over






14. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






15. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony






16. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






17. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






18. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






19. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






20. Set fire/excite






21. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






22. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






23. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






24. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






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






26. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






27. To perceive or recognize






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






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






30. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant






31. Effective writing or speaking






32. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






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






34. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






35. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






36. Wandering and unpredictable






37. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown






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






39. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






40. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






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






42. An investigation or inquiry






43. Caution/thrift/widom






44. Flamboyant/verve/dash






45. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate






46. Respected because of age






47. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader






48. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






49. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick






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