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






2. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






3. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver






4. To expand like a woman in labor






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






6. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






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






8. Wandering and unpredictable






9. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






10. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






12. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






13. Coalesce - fuse






14. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






15. Turmoil/disorder






16. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






17. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






19. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






20. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






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






22. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






23. Theft of property






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






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






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






27. To attack or assault - beset






28. Deep hole






29. Frolicsome/ playful






30. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






31. Social outcast






32. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine






33. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






34. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






35. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable






36. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






37. Influence or domination over






38. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






39. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






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






41. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






42. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






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






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






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






46. Plastic/phony/pretentious






47. 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 ...






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






49. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






50. Brilliant/glowing