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






2. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






3. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






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






5. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






6. Influence or domination over






7. To choose not to do something






8. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






9. Growing in number quickly/spawn






10. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






11. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






13. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






14. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






16. Plastic/phony/pretentious






17. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing






18. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense






19. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach






20. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






21. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate






22. Brilliant/glowing






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






24. Easily aroused






25. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






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






27. Book - usually large and academic






28. To attack or assault - beset






29. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






30. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






31. To polish






32. Set fire/excite






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






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






35. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






36. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






37. Commute/replace/superceded






38. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






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






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






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






42. Pertaining to beauty






43. Perceptive/sharp






44. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






45. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






46. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






47. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






48. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






49. Social outcast






50. Flamboyant/verve/dash