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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. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade






2. Tolerant - broad-minded






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






4. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






5. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






6. Coalesce - fuse






7. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






8. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






9. Flamboyant/verve/dash






10. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






11. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.






12. Book - usually large and academic






13. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






14. 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 ...






15. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






16. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






18. Caution/thrift/widom






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






20. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






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






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






23. Influence or domination over






24. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






26. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






27. Relaxation - tranquility






28. Make impure/debase






29. Commute/replace/superceded






30. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






31. Respected because of age






32. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






34. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






35. No variation; tediously the same in sound






36. Temporary; lasting a brief time






37. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






39. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






40. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






41. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






42. To attack or assault - beset






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






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






45. Social outcast






46. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






47. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






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






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






50. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent