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






2. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate






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






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






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






6. Suggest - propose an explanation






7. Bucolic - rural






8. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






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






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






11. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






13. To perceive or recognize






14. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






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






17. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant






18. Truthfulness






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






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






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






22. Brilliant/glowing






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






24. Altruism/ charity






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






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






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






28. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






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






30. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






31. Excess






32. Turmoil/disorder






33. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






34. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






35. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






36. To expand like a woman in labor






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






38. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






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






40. Wandering and unpredictable






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






42. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






43. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






44. Flamboyant/verve/dash






45. Frolicsome/ playful






46. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






48. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend






49. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony






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