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Challenging Words
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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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1. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
crescendo
leery
coalesce
monotony
2. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
aerie
overwrought
transitory
3. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
opaque
disparate
pristine
elegy
4. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
dilettante
frugality
quotidian
stigma
5. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
articulate
stratagem
abstain
surly
6. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
esoteric
aerie
deface
statis
7. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
nascent
belfry
pajorative
advocate
8. Sociable; fond of the company of others
adulterate
gregarious
naiive
supplant
9. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
prodigal
knell
obstinate
leery
10. Truthfulness
dirge
veracity
impervious
unconscionable
11. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
ambiguous
stigma
burnish
12. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
Dilate
Fanatical
ingratiate
13. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
heterogeneous
pervade
gestation
unconscionable
14. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
repast
zeal
hermetic
unequivocal
15. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repudiate
hyperbole
pervade
audacious
16. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
repose
permeate
tome
prodigal
17. Brilliant/glowing
nuance
ingenuous
gregarious
luminous
18. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
overwrought
insurrection
jettison
naiive
19. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
plucky
prodigal
demagogue
dogma
20. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
explicit
audacious
placate
gestation
21. To polish
repose
burnish
proliferate
pervade
22. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
lament
enigma
pajorative
banal
23. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
prodigal
dither
impasse
debutante
24. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
bombastic
discern
ethos
arbitrary
25. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
posit
listless
wily
arbitrary
26. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
phalanx
jargon
lucid
articulate
27. Set fire/excite
kindle
sportive
tangential
advocate
28. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
dirge
dirge
prodigal
acme
29. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
impervious
aerie
explicit
30. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
pungent
erratic
luminous
Fanatical
31. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
arbitrate
naiive
malleable
tangential
32. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
veracity
pajorative
hermetic
intransigent
33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
philistine
wraith
tirade
dirge
34. Deep hole
abstain
whimsical
abyss
pariah
35. To attack or assault - beset
knell
assail
boor
impervious
36. Mark of disgrace
stigma
zenith
catalyst
philistine
37. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
meticulous
symbiosis
rhetoric
innocuous
38. Respected because of age
elegy
dirge
venerable
paradox
39. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
ethos
ingrate
lucid
eulogy
40. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
demagogue
impervious
wily
wraith
41. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
adulterate
dirge
deference
liberal
42. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
bombastic
polemic
gregarious
catalyst
43. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
erratic
explicit
luminous
lucid
44. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
arbitrary
boor
dogma
whimsical
45. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
ingratiate
catalyst
tirade
46. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
philistine
supplant
repast
tirade
47. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
imbue
antagonize
alleviate
jargon
48. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
impervious
zenith
eloquent
banal
49. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
lavish
pajorative
homogenous
tirade
50. Plastic/phony/pretentious
Euphemism
discern
affected
nuance