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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. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






2. Brilliant/glowing






3. Deep hole






4. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






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






6. Influence or domination over






7. Perceptive/sharp






8. To attack or assault - beset






9. No variation; tediously the same in sound






10. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






11. To expand like a woman in labor






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






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






14. Clever - deceptive






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






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






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






18. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






19. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






20. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






21. Theft of property






22. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






23. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






24. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






25. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine






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






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






28. To choose not to do something






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






30. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






31. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






32. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value






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






34. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






35. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






36. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






37. Coalesce - fuse






38. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






39. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






40. Frolicsome/ playful






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






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






43. Pertaining to beauty






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






45. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






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






47. Self contradictory






48. Set fire/excite






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






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