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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. Caution/thrift/widom






2. Funeral bell/ omen of death






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






4. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






5. Coalesce - fuse






6. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






7. Plastic/phony/pretentious






8. Clever - deceptive






9. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






10. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






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






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






13. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






14. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






15. Rebellion - mutiny






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






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






18. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






19. Tolerant - broad-minded






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






21. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






22. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






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






25. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






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






27. Commute/replace/superceded






28. Easily aroused






29. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






30. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






31. Altruism/ charity






32. To perceive or recognize






33. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






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






35. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






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






37. Frolicsome/ playful






38. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






39. Excess






40. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone






41. To choose not to do something






42. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






43. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






45. Pertaining to beauty






46. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






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






49. 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 ...






50. Flamboyant/verve/dash