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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. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






3. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver






4. Pertaining to beauty






5. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity






6. Social outcast






7. To perceive or recognize






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






9. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate






10. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






11. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential






12. Wandering and unpredictable






13. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






14. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader






15. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






16. Self contradictory






17. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






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






19. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






20. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






21. Easily aroused






22. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine






23. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






24. Influence or domination over






25. Respected because of age






26. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






27. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






28. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






29. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






30. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






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






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






33. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






34. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






35. Frolicsome/ playful






36. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






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






38. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






39. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






40. Funeral bell/ omen of death






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






42. 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 ...






43. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






44. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






45. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






46. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






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






48. An investigation or inquiry






49. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






50. Altruism/ charity