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






2. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






3. A trace of something that once was present






4. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






5. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






6. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






7. Mark of disgrace






8. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang






9. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






10. Clever - deceptive






11. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






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






13. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






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






16. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy






17. Caution/thrift/widom






18. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate






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






20. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






22. To expand like a woman in labor






23. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






24. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






25. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






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






27. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






28. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






29. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






30. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane






31. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






32. Growing in number quickly/spawn






33. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






34. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






35. Funeral bell/ omen of death






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






37. Flamboyant/verve/dash






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






39. Commute/replace/superceded






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






41. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






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






43. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






44. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy






45. Turmoil/disorder






46. To attack or assault - beset






47. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






48. Frolicsome/ playful






49. Self contradictory






50. Respected because of age