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Challenging Words
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Subjects
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english
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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. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
slake
enigma
transitory
articulate
2. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
tirade
arbitrary
deface
dogma
3. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
zeal
pervade
volatile
intractable
4. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
surly
demagogue
coalesce
5. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
hyperbole
imbue
waver
nascent
6. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
frugality
fallow
unconscionable
grievous
7. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
grievous
larceny
nuance
arbitrate
8. Clever - deceptive
chaos
itinerant
wily
obstinate
9. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
dirge
vacillate
opaque
pungent
10. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
lament
placate
affected
boor
11. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
discern
surly
listless
luminous
12. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
pristine
adulterate
verbose
philantropy
13. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
prodigal
abeyance
pungent
antagonize
14. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
transitory
convoluted
stigma
pajorative
15. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
repast
dogmatic
meticulous
nuance
16. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
antagonize
intrepid
Euphemism
philistine
17. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
ambiguous
terrestrial
overwrought
lavish
18. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
arbitrary
tirade
statis
liberal
19. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
Amulet
banal
connoisseur
homogenous
20. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
sentient
rustic
plucky
21. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
inundate
burnish
axiom
22. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
austere
disparate
abstain
belfry
23. Mark of disgrace
antagonize
esoteric
fallow
stigma
24. Coalesce - fuse
amalgamate
boor
austere
hermetic
25. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
listless
acme
dither
terrestrial
26. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
proliferate
catalyst
apathy
pungent
27. Pertaining to beauty
Euphemism
aesthetic
grievous
ingrate
28. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
opaque
ingratiate
posit
leery
29. Funeral bell/ omen of death
hegemony
malleable
audacious
knell
30. Tolerant - broad-minded
arbitrate
venerable
wily
liberal
31. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
enigma
apathy
prudence
naiive
32. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
whimsical
transitory
heterogeneous
supplant
33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
repudiate
leery
imbue
34. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
axiom
abyss
arbitrate
phalanx
35. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
panache
statis
gullible
heterogeneous
36. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
articulate
itinerant
demagogue
fallow
37. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
leery
stratagem
boor
nascent
38. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
panache
sportive
ingenuous
phalanx
39. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
dilettante
crescendo
slake
intrepid
40. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
quotidian
pristine
intransigent
articulate
41. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
malleable
gullible
lament
embellish
42. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
pungent
inundate
luminous
invective
43. Caution/thrift/widom
prudence
pajorative
grovel
jettison
44. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
audacious
arbitrary
convoluted
homogenous
45. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
inundate
phalanx
nascent
Amulet
46. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
grievous
nuance
debutante
phalanx
47. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
surly
bombastic
gregarious
disparate
48. Sociable; fond of the company of others
philantropy
supplant
gregarious
adulterate
49. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
intrepid
vestige
zenith
wraith
50. Book - usually large and academic
tome
tangential
burnish
apathy