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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. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity






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






3. Suggest - propose an explanation






4. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






5. Wandering and unpredictable






6. Influence or domination over






7. A trace of something that once was present






8. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle






9. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






10. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






11. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value






12. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






14. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






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






17. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






18. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






19. To expand like a woman in labor






20. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






21. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






22. To perceive or recognize






23. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






24. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






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






26. Relaxation - tranquility






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






28. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






30. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






31. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






33. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






34. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






35. Altruism/ charity






36. Brilliant/glowing






37. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach






38. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






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






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






41. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






42. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine






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






44. Coalesce - fuse






45. Frolicsome/ playful






46. No variation; tediously the same in sound






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






48. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






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






50. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit