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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






2. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






3. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader






4. Self contradictory






5. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






6. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






7. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






8. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






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






10. Perceptive/sharp






11. Brilliant/glowing






12. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






13. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






14. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






15. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






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






17. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






18. A trace of something that once was present






19. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






20. To choose not to do something






21. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






22. Plastic/phony/pretentious






23. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






24. To attack or assault - beset






25. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






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






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






28. Pertaining to beauty






29. Relaxation - tranquility






30. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






31. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






32. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






34. Effective writing or speaking






35. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






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






37. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






38. Tolerant - broad-minded






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






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






41. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






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






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






44. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






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






46. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason






47. Suggest - propose an explanation






48. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






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






50. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy







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