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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Tolerant - broad-minded






2. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






3. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






4. Rebellion - mutiny






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






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






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






8. Respected because of age






9. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






10. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






12. Flamboyant/verve/dash






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






14. Turmoil/disorder






15. Influence or domination over






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






17. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






18. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend






19. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






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






21. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






22. To polish






23. Effective writing or speaking






24. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






25. Set fire/excite






26. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






27. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






28. Caution/thrift/widom






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






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






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






32. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






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






34. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






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






36. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






37. Suggest - propose an explanation






38. Self contradictory






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






40. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






41. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






42. To choose not to do something






43. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






44. Plastic/phony/pretentious






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






46. Altruism/ charity






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






48. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






49. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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