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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. An investigation or inquiry






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






3. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






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






5. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






7. Easily aroused






8. Wandering and unpredictable






9. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






10. Social outcast






11. Caution/thrift/widom






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






13. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






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






15. Tolerant - broad-minded






16. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






17. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






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






19. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






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






21. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






22. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






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






24. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






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






26. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






27. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






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






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






31. To choose not to do something






32. To polish






33. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






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






35. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






36. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






37. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






38. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason






39. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






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






41. Book - usually large and academic






42. Effective writing or speaking






43. Rebellion - mutiny






44. Frolicsome/ playful






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






46. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






47. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






48. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






49. 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 ...






50. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy