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Challenging Words
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
bombastic
waver
eloquent
wraith
2. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
imbue
Euphemism
stigma
polemic
3. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
rustic
gregarious
symbiosis
dogmatic
4. Clever - deceptive
wily
Fanatical
frugality
ingenuous
5. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
stigma
lucid
grievous
homogenous
6. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
overwrought
transitory
zenith
vacillate
7. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
monotony
imbue
chaos
ingrate
8. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
aerie
analogous
unequivocal
dogma
9. Book - usually large and academic
bombastic
abeyance
lament
tome
10. Self contradictory
imbue
repose
paradox
malleable
11. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
deference
debutante
tirade
insurrection
12. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
gestation
repudiate
apathy
pervade
13. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
kindle
liberal
inundate
repudiate
14. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
acme
sully
monotony
ingenuous
15. Growing in number quickly/spawn
ethos
supplant
transitory
proliferate
16. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
proliferate
aerie
prodigal
placate
17. Pertaining to beauty
verbose
phalanx
repose
aesthetic
18. Funeral bell/ omen of death
knell
plucky
nascent
homogenous
19. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
whimsical
sportive
wraith
ambiguous
20. Make impure/debase
advocate
jargon
luminous
adulterate
21. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
connoisseur
supplant
zenith
axiom
22. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
advocate
verbose
Keen
lament
23. Plastic/phony/pretentious
whimsical
lavish
affected
surly
24. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
explicit
slake
homogenous
repast
25. Perceptive/sharp
deface
Euphemism
boor
Keen
26. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
apathy
eloquent
austere
eulogy
27. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
pajorative
abyss
catalyst
verbose
28. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
acme
ingenuous
gullible
29. Social outcast
lucid
overwrought
pariah
assail
30. Altruism/ charity
philantropy
philistine
homogenous
monotony
31. To perceive or recognize
frugality
discern
stigma
veracity
32. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
Euphemism
meticulous
disparate
quotidian
33. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
chaos
inquest
hermetic
coalesce
34. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
overwrought
wily
frugality
unconscionable
35. Mark of disgrace
tangential
stigma
imbue
acme
36. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
inundate
articulate
nuance
advocate
37. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
wraith
pungent
acme
arbitrary
38. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
Euphemism
arbitrary
philantropy
placate
39. Set fire/excite
lucid
kindle
plucky
unequivocal
40. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
intransigent
affected
austere
plethora
41. To attack or assault - beset
polemic
gullible
assail
convoluted
42. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
Euphemism
leery
kindle
demagogue
43. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
lucid
symbiosis
polemic
quotidian
44. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
dirge
pajorative
overwrought
hermetic
45. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
Dilate
meticulous
dirge
hyperbole
46. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
listless
jargon
rustic
homogenous
47. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
catalyst
statis
meticulous
tirade
48. No variation; tediously the same in sound
apathy
monotony
analogous
plethora
49. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
alleviate
eloquent
lament
waver
50. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
itinerant
elegy
repose
crescendo