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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. Book - usually large and academic






2. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing






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






4. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






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






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






8. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






9. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






10. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






11. Commute/replace/superceded






12. Brilliant/glowing






13. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






14. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






15. Deep hole






16. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...






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






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






19. To expand like a woman in labor






20. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






21. To polish






22. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






23. To choose not to do something






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






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






26. Relaxation - tranquility






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






28. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






29. To perceive or recognize






30. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester






31. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy






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






33. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






34. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






35. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






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






37. Growing in number quickly/spawn






38. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian






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






40. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






41. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






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






43. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






44. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






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






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






47. 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 ...






48. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






49. Truthfulness






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