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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. Bucolic - rural






2. Book - usually large and academic






3. Sociable; fond of the company of others






4. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick






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






6. Growing in number quickly/spawn






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






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






9. Rebellion - mutiny






10. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






11. To perceive or recognize






12. Turmoil/disorder






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






14. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






15. Flamboyant/verve/dash






16. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






18. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






19. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






20. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






21. Funeral bell/ omen of death






22. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






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






25. Mark of disgrace






26. Caution/thrift/widom






27. Deep hole






28. Influence or domination over






29. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






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






31. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






33. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






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






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






36. Make impure/debase






37. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






38. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend






39. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






40. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






41. Clever - deceptive






42. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






43. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm






44. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






45. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






46. Theft of property






47. Plastic/phony/pretentious






48. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown






49. To choose not to do something






50. A trace of something that once was present







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