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






2. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






3. Pertaining to beauty






4. Funeral bell/ omen of death






5. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






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






7. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure






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






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






10. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






11. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






12. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






13. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






14. To expand like a woman in labor






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






16. Influence or domination over






17. Old/antique/bygone/stale






18. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






19. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire






20. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave






21. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






22. Frolicsome/ playful






23. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable






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






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






26. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






27. To polish






28. Altruism/ charity






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






30. Coalesce - fuse






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






32. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






33. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade






34. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






35. Clever - deceptive






36. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






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






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






39. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






40. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian






41. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






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






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






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






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






46. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade






47. Excess






48. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






49. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid






50. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous