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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Self contradictory






2. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






3. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire






4. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






5. To perceive or recognize






6. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






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






9. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






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






11. Book - usually large and academic






12. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






13. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






14. Wandering and unpredictable






15. Excess






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






17. To expand like a woman in labor






18. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






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






20. To choose not to do something






21. To attack or assault - beset






22. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






23. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






24. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure






25. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






26. Caution/thrift/widom






27. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver






28. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






29. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






30. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






31. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate






32. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






33. Temporary; lasting a brief time






34. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate






35. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






36. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






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






38. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






39. Theft of property






40. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader






41. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






42. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






43. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






44. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang






45. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish






46. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






47. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






48. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






49. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly






50. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant







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