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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. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






2. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy






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






4. Easily aroused






5. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






6. Turmoil/disorder






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






8. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






9. To perceive or recognize






10. Old/antique/bygone/stale






11. No variation; tediously the same in sound






12. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






13. Temporary; lasting a brief time






14. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






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






16. Set fire/excite






17. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling






18. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






19. Bucolic - rural






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






21. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine






22. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate






23. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






24. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






25. Theft of property






26. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






27. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






28. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






29. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






30. A trace of something that once was present






31. Growing in number quickly/spawn






32. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






33. 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 ...






34. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






35. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






36. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






37. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






38. Clever - deceptive






39. Make impure/debase






40. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






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






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






44. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






45. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






46. Flamboyant/verve/dash






47. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






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






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






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






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