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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value






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






3. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






4. Frolicsome/ playful






5. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






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






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






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






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






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






11. To perceive or recognize






12. Altruism/ charity






13. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






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






15. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






16. Brilliant/glowing






17. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






18. Relaxation - tranquility






19. Mark of disgrace






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






21. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






22. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






23. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






24. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






25. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






26. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






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






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






29. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick






30. Make impure/debase






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






32. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant






33. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






34. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






35. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






36. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






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






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






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






40. Funeral bell/ omen of death






41. Turmoil/disorder






42. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






43. Self contradictory






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






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






46. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






47. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






48. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






49. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






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







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