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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony






2. Easily aroused






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






4. To polish






5. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






6. 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 ...






7. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






9. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






10. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






11. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible






12. Theft of property






13. Sociable; fond of the company of others






14. Mark of disgrace






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






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






17. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






18. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






19. A trace of something that once was present






20. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...






21. Funeral bell/ omen of death






22. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown






23. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






25. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






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






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






28. Brilliant/glowing






29. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone






30. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






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






32. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






33. Bucolic - rural






34. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






35. Pertaining to beauty






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






37. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






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






39. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure






40. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






42. Commute/replace/superceded






43. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






44. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






45. Self contradictory






46. Caution/thrift/widom






47. Influence or domination over






48. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester






49. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle






50. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible







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