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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. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






2. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






3. Caution/thrift/widom






4. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






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






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






7. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc






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






9. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






11. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






12. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






13. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






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






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






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






17. Plastic/phony/pretentious






18. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






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






20. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






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






23. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






24. Theft of property






25. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






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






27. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






28. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






29. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






30. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






31. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






32. Excess






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






34. Influence or domination over






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






36. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy






37. Self contradictory






38. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






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






41. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






42. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant






43. Social outcast






44. To attack or assault - beset






45. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






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






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






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






49. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






50. Old/antique/bygone/stale