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Challenging Words
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Subjects
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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. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
pervade
sentient
posit
dirge
2. Rebellion - mutiny
rustic
insurrection
veracity
lament
3. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
eulogy
alleviate
bombastic
acme
4. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
posit
dogma
ingenuous
abstain
5. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
nuance
jargon
quotidian
liberal
6. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
vacillate
articulate
boor
prodigal
7. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
grovel
grievous
impasse
zenith
8. To polish
burnish
vacillate
erratic
proliferate
9. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
belfry
erratic
transitory
intractable
10. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
belfry
lament
tangential
intransigent
11. Theft of property
explicit
intransigent
larceny
supplant
12. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
embellish
paradox
dogmatic
fallow
13. An investigation or inquiry
inquest
acme
axiom
symbiosis
14. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
axiom
intrepid
enigma
ingratiate
15. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
impervious
leery
pajorative
paradox
16. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
repudiate
pungent
plucky
philantropy
17. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
abyss
sportive
quotidian
grievous
18. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
grovel
amalgamate
inundate
disparate
19. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
supplant
lucid
analogous
placate
20. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
embellish
nascent
statis
gullible
21. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
pungent
prodigal
deference
22. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
pristine
ingenuous
grievous
sully
23. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
arbitrary
coalesce
transitory
24. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
discern
aesthetic
axiom
tangential
25. Deep hole
heterogeneous
abyss
overwrought
stratagem
26. Sociable; fond of the company of others
larceny
wraith
ingrate
gregarious
27. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
meticulous
eulogy
posit
pristine
28. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
philantropy
adulterate
eloquent
nascent
29. Coalesce - fuse
enigma
wily
amalgamate
lucid
30. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
fallow
hyperbole
overwrought
sportive
31. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
repose
crescendo
belfry
surly
32. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
vacillate
abeyance
polemic
33. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
permeate
articulate
verbose
34. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
boor
esoteric
permeate
crescendo
35. Mark of disgrace
proliferate
stigma
supplant
listless
36. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
banal
crescendo
ethos
intransigent
37. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
gullible
zeal
intrepid
analogous
38. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
grovel
listless
lethargic
obstinate
39. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
latent
embellish
fallow
stratagem
40. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
coalesce
arbitrate
amalgamate
opaque
41. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
malleable
listless
lucid
polemic
42. 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 ...
pervade
lucid
insurrection
ethos
43. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
inundate
bombastic
Amulet
44. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
ingrate
insurrection
zenith
jettison
45. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
crescendo
transitory
latent
eulogy
46. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
malleable
deface
antagonize
insurrection
47. Pertaining to beauty
whimsical
itinerant
luminous
aesthetic
48. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
boor
deference
gestation
polemic
49. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
philistine
unconscionable
imbue
abeyance
50. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
intransigent
analogous
hyperbole