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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. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






2. Set fire/excite






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






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






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






6. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






7. Plastic/phony/pretentious






8. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






9. Book - usually large and academic






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






11. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...






12. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






13. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






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






15. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






16. To perceive or recognize






17. Suggest - propose an explanation






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






19. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






20. Caution/thrift/widom






21. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






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






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






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






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






26. Clever - deceptive






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






28. Coalesce - fuse






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






30. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.






31. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






32. Easily aroused






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






34. Pertaining to beauty






35. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






36. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish






37. Sociable; fond of the company of others






38. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






39. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






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






41. To expand like a woman in labor






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






43. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person






44. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






46. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






47. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






48. Respected because of age






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






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