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Challenging Words
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Subjects
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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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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
coalesce
embellish
homogenous
malleable
2. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
leery
gullible
Fanatical
panache
3. Frolicsome/ playful
aesthetic
coalesce
sportive
tangential
4. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
imbue
naiive
catalyst
zenith
5. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
antagonize
grovel
apathy
6. Theft of property
aerie
homogenous
Fanatical
larceny
7. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
deface
wily
acme
impervious
8. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
deface
stratagem
eloquent
vacillate
9. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
intransigent
convoluted
lucid
arbitrary
10. Effective writing or speaking
rhetoric
vacillate
pervade
stigma
11. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
vacillate
sentient
eloquent
nuance
12. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
affected
alleviate
heterogeneous
philistine
13. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
Fanatical
arbitrate
deference
grievous
14. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
archaic
meticulous
invective
slake
15. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
surly
chaos
explicit
dither
16. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
apathy
Euphemism
pungent
pervade
17. Perceptive/sharp
homogenous
debutante
Keen
lavish
18. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
fallow
kindle
arbitrary
19. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
hermetic
hegemony
esoteric
debutante
20. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
bombastic
affected
jettison
sentient
21. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
archaic
transitory
acme
ethos
22. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
deference
dirge
placate
23. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
embellish
intransigent
intrepid
judicious
24. No variation; tediously the same in sound
embellish
monotony
zeal
whimsical
25. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
judicious
meticulous
knell
quotidian
26. Commute/replace/superceded
convoluted
vacillate
supplant
enigma
27. Rebellion - mutiny
insurrection
polemic
opaque
explicit
28. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
phalanx
abeyance
lucid
zenith
29. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
inquest
symbiosis
advocate
stratagem
30. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
impasse
enigma
abstain
statis
31. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
intractable
jettison
pervade
jargon
32. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
adulterate
intrepid
ethos
rhetoric
33. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
embellish
coalesce
Fanatical
antagonize
34. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
lavish
terrestrial
sully
tome
35. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
opaque
arbitrate
dogmatic
inundate
36. Wandering and unpredictable
dirge
larceny
erratic
tirade
37. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
paradox
eulogy
vacillate
dirge
38. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
wraith
ethos
Euphemism
coalesce
39. An investigation or inquiry
tome
impervious
inquest
lucid
40. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
jettison
dirge
eulogy
intractable
41. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
pajorative
verbose
plethora
antagonize
42. Tolerant - broad-minded
acme
deface
liberal
prudence
43. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
verbose
overwrought
abyss
articulate
44. Truthfulness
veracity
chaos
intrepid
inquest
45. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
lavish
erratic
ingratiate
gestation
46. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
belfry
permeate
tirade
47. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
venerable
abeyance
naiive
leery
48. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
dirge
intransigent
tangential
grievous
49. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
zenith
rustic
lucid
impasse
50. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
lucid
wraith
impervious
jettison