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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. Social outcast






2. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






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






4. Effective writing or speaking






5. Make impure/debase






6. Coalesce - fuse






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






8. Set fire/excite






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






10. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






11. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






12. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






13. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






14. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity






15. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






16. Excess






17. Easily aroused






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






19. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






20. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






21. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






22. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






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






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






25. Old/antique/bygone/stale






26. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






27. Self contradictory






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






29. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






30. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






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






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






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






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






35. To perceive or recognize






36. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






37. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






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






39. Growing in number quickly/spawn






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






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






42. Flamboyant/verve/dash






43. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






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






45. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






46. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






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






48. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






49. Truthfulness






50. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting