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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. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






3. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






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






5. Sociable; fond of the company of others






6. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






7. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






8. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend






9. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






10. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






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






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






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






14. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






15. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






16. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly






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






18. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc






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






20. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






21. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






22. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






23. To expand like a woman in labor






24. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






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






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






27. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






28. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






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






30. 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 ...






31. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






32. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






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






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






35. A trace of something that once was present






36. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian






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






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






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






40. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






42. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






43. Commute/replace/superceded






44. To perceive or recognize






45. Caution/thrift/widom






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






47. Bucolic - rural






48. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






49. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






50. Wandering and unpredictable