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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. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...






2. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






3. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






4. Funeral bell/ omen of death






5. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






6. To polish






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






8. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy






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






10. Commute/replace/superceded






11. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






12. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






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






14. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






16. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






17. Influence or domination over






18. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






19. Suggest - propose an explanation






20. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






22. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






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






24. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






25. To attack or assault - beset






26. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate






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






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






29. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






31. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






33. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine






34. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






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






36. Theft of property






37. Clever - deceptive






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






39. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






40. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






41. Bucolic - rural






42. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






43. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






44. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






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






46. A trace of something that once was present






47. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






48. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






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






50. Self contradictory