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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. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






2. Clever - deceptive






3. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






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






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






6. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






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






8. To expand like a woman in labor






9. Coalesce - fuse






10. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane






11. Commute/replace/superceded






12. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






13. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge






14. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






15. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






16. Pertaining to beauty






17. To perceive or recognize






18. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






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






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






21. Rebellion - mutiny






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






23. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






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






25. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate






26. Temporary; lasting a brief time






27. Brilliant/glowing






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






29. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






30. Excess






31. Make impure/debase






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






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






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






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






36. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






37. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






38. Truthfulness






39. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






40. Plastic/phony/pretentious






41. Flamboyant/verve/dash






42. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






43. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






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






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






46. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






47. Perceptive/sharp






48. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






49. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






50. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy