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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. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






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






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






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






6. Tolerant - broad-minded






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






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






9. Caution/thrift/widom






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






11. Deep hole






12. Self contradictory






13. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






14. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






15. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






16. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






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






19. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






20. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






21. To perceive or recognize






22. Truthfulness






23. To polish






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






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






26. Commute/replace/superceded






27. Mark of disgrace






28. Easily aroused






29. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






30. Rebellion - mutiny






31. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






32. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






33. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






35. Turmoil/disorder






36. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






37. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






38. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






39. Bucolic - rural






40. To choose not to do something






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






42. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






43. Clever - deceptive






44. An investigation or inquiry






45. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






46. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






47. Theft of property






48. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






49. Relaxation - tranquility






50. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious







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