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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. Coalesce - fuse






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






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






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






5. A trace of something that once was present






6. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






7. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






8. Caution/thrift/widom






9. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






11. Pertaining to beauty






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






13. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






14. Excess






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






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






17. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane






18. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






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






20. Make impure/debase






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






22. An investigation or inquiry






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






24. Perceptive/sharp






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






26. Set fire/excite






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






28. Altruism/ charity






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






30. Relaxation - tranquility






31. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






32. Theft of property






33. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






34. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade






35. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge






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






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






38. 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 ...






39. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






40. Suggest - propose an explanation






41. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






42. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






44. Influence or domination over






45. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






46. Easily aroused






47. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






48. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






49. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach






50. Rebellion - mutiny