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Challenging Words
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
advocate
ambiguous
meticulous
gestation
2. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
leery
archaic
pungent
dither
3. Funeral bell/ omen of death
knell
dogma
lucid
lament
4. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
repose
chaos
fallow
hegemony
5. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
insurrection
vestige
nuance
6. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
eulogy
lament
Fanatical
judicious
7. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
axiom
prodigal
abeyance
8. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
sentient
overwrought
prodigal
vestige
9. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
grovel
dogma
tangential
liberal
10. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
elegy
ingenuous
whimsical
unequivocal
11. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
proliferate
Euphemism
tome
gestation
12. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
nuance
ingenuous
tome
overwrought
13. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
grovel
lucid
symbiosis
eulogy
14. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
luminous
erratic
ingrate
discern
15. To perceive or recognize
placate
enigma
discern
innocuous
16. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
Keen
terrestrial
meticulous
17. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
archaic
dirge
impasse
stratagem
18. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
enigma
ingrate
dogmatic
19. Truthfulness
unequivocal
veracity
posit
ambiguous
20. Relaxation - tranquility
repose
grievous
innocuous
symbiosis
21. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
embellish
belfry
opaque
philantropy
22. Social outcast
whimsical
intrepid
pariah
surly
23. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
posit
volatile
pungent
24. Flamboyant/verve/dash
panache
vacillate
pervade
coalesce
25. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
hermetic
plucky
panache
obstinate
26. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
verbose
grovel
placate
elegy
27. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
axiom
statis
grievous
28. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
affected
prodigal
advocate
nuance
29. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
esoteric
pristine
nuance
explicit
30. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
banal
slake
catalyst
vacillate
31. Sociable; fond of the company of others
whimsical
gregarious
knell
ingrate
32. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
supplant
zeal
erratic
hermetic
33. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
audacious
deface
Amulet
discern
34. Self contradictory
venerable
jargon
paradox
luminous
35. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
pervade
impervious
placate
philistine
36. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
vestige
apathy
nascent
audacious
37. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
explicit
assail
eloquent
dilettante
38. Mark of disgrace
stigma
meticulous
banal
wily
39. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
malleable
plethora
innocuous
alleviate
40. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
paradox
philistine
crescendo
kindle
41. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
abstain
lavish
latent
ingratiate
42. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
pristine
overwrought
slake
polemic
43. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
proliferate
crescendo
latent
quotidian
44. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
alleviate
Euphemism
arbitrary
boor
45. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
fallow
disparate
adulterate
46. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
jargon
ingratiate
paradox
intransigent
47. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
audacious
lavish
vestige
hyperbole
48. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
amalgamate
lucid
explicit
kindle
49. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
inundate
arbitrate
jargon
frugality
50. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
abyss
jettison
naiive
arbitrate