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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. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






2. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






3. Frolicsome/ playful






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






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






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






7. Set fire/excite






8. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






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






10. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






11. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






12. Relaxation - tranquility






13. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value






14. Rebellion - mutiny






15. A trace of something that once was present






16. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






17. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






19. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense






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






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






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






23. Old/antique/bygone/stale






24. Deep hole






25. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






26. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






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






28. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






30. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






31. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






32. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential






33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






34. Pertaining to beauty






35. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






36. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






37. An investigation or inquiry






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






39. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






40. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






41. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






42. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






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






44. Social outcast






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






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






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






48. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






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






50. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal







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