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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. Influence or domination over






2. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






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






4. To perceive or recognize






5. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






6. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






7. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






8. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate






9. Funeral bell/ omen of death






10. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






11. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky






12. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person






13. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






14. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






15. Social outcast






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






17. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible






18. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






19. Truthfulness






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






21. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






22. Commute/replace/superceded






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






24. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






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






27. To expand like a woman in labor






28. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






29. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






30. Deep hole






31. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






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






33. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






34. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






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






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






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






38. Suggest - propose an explanation






39. Rebellion - mutiny






40. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave






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






42. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






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






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






45. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






46. Bucolic - rural






47. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






48. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






49. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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