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Challenging Words
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
supplant
verbose
opaque
gullible
2. Rebellion - mutiny
belfry
insurrection
posit
dirge
3. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
elegy
eulogy
lament
ambiguous
4. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
Dilate
abstain
Amulet
5. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
esoteric
erratic
demagogue
whimsical
6. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
paradox
Euphemism
dogmatic
7. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
zeal
chaos
antagonize
dogmatic
8. Funeral bell/ omen of death
vestige
naiive
knell
antagonize
9. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
sportive
catalyst
placate
terrestrial
10. Book - usually large and academic
lucid
grievous
tome
invective
11. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
invective
whimsical
Euphemism
repose
12. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
eloquent
esoteric
burnish
convoluted
13. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
prudence
ambiguous
ingenuous
inundate
14. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
Amulet
Euphemism
naiive
posit
15. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
judicious
prodigal
burnish
16. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
nascent
coalesce
judicious
verbose
17. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
abeyance
inundate
lethargic
imbue
18. Social outcast
proliferate
pariah
adulterate
obstinate
19. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
ingenuous
symbiosis
lavish
rustic
20. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
eulogy
naiive
bombastic
insurrection
21. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
catalyst
knell
banal
boor
22. Suggest - propose an explanation
posit
rustic
invective
venerable
23. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
Euphemism
affected
latent
luminous
24. Clever - deceptive
aesthetic
stigma
wily
aerie
25. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
vacillate
connoisseur
disparate
crescendo
26. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
zenith
pristine
fallow
meticulous
27. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
eulogy
obstinate
intransigent
bombastic
28. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
intrepid
audacious
grievous
gregarious
29. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
hermetic
philistine
nascent
antagonize
30. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
repast
heterogeneous
leery
jargon
31. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
hermetic
proliferate
convoluted
invective
32. Pertaining to beauty
audacious
supplant
aesthetic
rustic
33. Caution/thrift/widom
volatile
aesthetic
rhetoric
prudence
34. Brilliant/glowing
luminous
chaos
dither
veracity
35. Relaxation - tranquility
repose
pervade
amalgamate
gullible
36. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
impasse
transitory
innocuous
naiive
37. Old/antique/bygone/stale
philantropy
archaic
stratagem
gregarious
38. Coalesce - fuse
gullible
assail
amalgamate
lavish
39. Easily aroused
volatile
demagogue
disparate
repose
40. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
acme
knell
Euphemism
rustic
41. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
pristine
sentient
catalyst
ingenuous
42. No variation; tediously the same in sound
zenith
articulate
wraith
monotony
43. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
hermetic
pajorative
rustic
catalyst
44. Excess
verbose
intransigent
obstinate
plethora
45. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
philantropy
sentient
insurrection
intransigent
46. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
aerie
Amulet
belfry
slake
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 ...
polemic
impasse
esoteric
lucid
48. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
repose
Euphemism
zenith
49. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
intrepid
veracity
frugality
stratagem
50. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
elegy
hermetic
esoteric
plucky