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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. No variation; tediously the same in sound






2. Commute/replace/superceded






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






4. Brilliant/glowing






5. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly






6. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






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






9. Deep hole






10. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






11. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






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






14. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






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






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






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






18. Relaxation - tranquility






19. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






20. Tolerant - broad-minded






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






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






23. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






24. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






25. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






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






27. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






28. Theft of property






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






30. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc






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






32. Altruism/ charity






33. Rebellion - mutiny






34. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate






35. Plastic/phony/pretentious






36. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






37. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






39. To perceive or recognize






40. Old/antique/bygone/stale






41. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






42. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






43. An investigation or inquiry






44. Coalesce - fuse






45. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally






46. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






47. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy






48. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






50. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian