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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 taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






2. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy






3. Set fire/excite






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






5. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






7. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






8. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






9. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






10. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






12. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






13. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






14. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






15. 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 ...






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






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






18. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






19. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony






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






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






22. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






23. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






24. Excess






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






26. Truthfulness






27. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally






28. To expand like a woman in labor






29. Book - usually large and academic






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






31. Respected because of age






32. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






33. Coalesce - fuse






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






35. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






36. Temporary; lasting a brief time






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






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






39. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






40. Deep hole






41. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






42. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






43. Bucolic - rural






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






45. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






46. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






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






48. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






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






50. To polish






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