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Challenging Words
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Subjects
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english
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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. Growing in number quickly/spawn
acme
proliferate
fallow
chaos
2. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
Amulet
nascent
Keen
3. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
aesthetic
sully
quotidian
explicit
4. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
debutante
articulate
meticulous
itinerant
5. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
itinerant
nuance
symbiosis
slake
6. Theft of property
larceny
fallow
gregarious
dither
7. Set fire/excite
kindle
phalanx
embellish
hyperbole
8. Self contradictory
polemic
pariah
quotidian
paradox
9. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
tirade
dilettante
meticulous
repast
10. Effective writing or speaking
explicit
rhetoric
luminous
venerable
11. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
waver
overwrought
enigma
statis
12. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
Amulet
acme
Euphemism
ingratiate
13. Suggest - propose an explanation
eloquent
transitory
insurrection
posit
14. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
statis
aerie
hyperbole
abeyance
15. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
impervious
fallow
dogma
tangential
16. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
zeal
naiive
philistine
insurrection
17. Book - usually large and academic
pervade
malleable
tome
Keen
18. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
dirge
deface
waver
deference
19. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
itinerant
antagonize
abstain
20. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
pajorative
connoisseur
hyperbole
deference
21. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
imbue
connoisseur
supplant
nascent
22. Clever - deceptive
eloquent
wily
lament
intransigent
23. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
pariah
innocuous
eulogy
24. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
enigma
boor
sully
intrepid
25. Flamboyant/verve/dash
rustic
panache
tangential
arbitrate
26. Caution/thrift/widom
rustic
obstinate
prudence
vestige
27. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
plucky
posit
aesthetic
proliferate
28. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
eulogy
knell
jettison
repudiate
29. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
knell
dilettante
malleable
dogmatic
30. Influence or domination over
hegemony
elegy
repast
dogmatic
31. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
knell
advocate
gregarious
audacious
32. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
unconscionable
prodigal
bombastic
demagogue
33. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
impervious
rustic
austere
34. A trace of something that once was present
vestige
frugality
permeate
eloquent
35. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
surly
tome
pajorative
catalyst
36. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
nascent
acme
prodigal
deface
37. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
luminous
tirade
lavish
arbitrary
38. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
pajorative
dogmatic
sentient
prodigal
39. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
overwrought
unconscionable
statis
discern
40. Sociable; fond of the company of others
gregarious
assail
Amulet
zeal
41. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
tangential
ingrate
esoteric
austere
42. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
wraith
sentient
wily
abyss
43. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
tangential
acme
hermetic
slake
44. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
placate
eloquent
advocate
philantropy
45. Turmoil/disorder
catalyst
chaos
sportive
lavish
46. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
sully
pristine
proliferate
transitory
47. Altruism/ charity
lethargic
imbue
philantropy
grovel
48. Tolerant - broad-minded
hyperbole
unequivocal
esoteric
liberal
49. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
analogous
ambiguous
nuance
impasse
50. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
sentient
kindle
fallow