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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. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






2. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense






3. Funeral bell/ omen of death






4. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






5. Sociable; fond of the company of others






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






7. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






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






10. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






11. Self contradictory






12. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






13. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






15. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






17. Clever - deceptive






18. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






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






20. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






21. Rebellion - mutiny






22. Commute/replace/superceded






23. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






24. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






25. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang






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






27. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






28. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason






29. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






30. Theft of property






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






32. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






33. Suggest - propose an explanation






34. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible






35. Wandering and unpredictable






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






37. Growing in number quickly/spawn






38. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






39. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






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






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






42. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






43. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






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






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






46. Bucolic - rural






47. Pertaining to beauty






48. Easily aroused






49. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






50. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical