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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. Excess






2. Bucolic - rural






3. Clever - deceptive






4. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






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






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






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






8. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






9. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






10. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






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






12. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






13. Effective writing or speaking






14. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






15. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown






16. Theft of property






17. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver






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






19. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense






20. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






21. Temporary; lasting a brief time






22. Mark of disgrace






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






24. A trace of something that once was present






25. Perceptive/sharp






26. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






27. To perceive or recognize






28. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






29. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






30. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






31. To choose not to do something






32. Easily aroused






33. No variation; tediously the same in sound






34. Set fire/excite






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






36. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






37. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






38. To expand like a woman in labor






39. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant






40. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






41. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






42. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






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






44. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






45. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






46. Rebellion - mutiny






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






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






49. Brilliant/glowing






50. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay







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