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






2. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure






3. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






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






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






6. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






8. Frolicsome/ playful






9. Respected because of age






10. Caution/thrift/widom






11. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave






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






13. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish






14. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






15. Social outcast






16. To polish






17. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






18. Bucolic - rural






19. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






20. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone






21. To perceive or recognize






22. Wandering and unpredictable






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






24. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






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






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






27. To expand like a woman in labor






28. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






29. Funeral bell/ omen of death






30. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






31. Rebellion - mutiny






32. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






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






34. Mark of disgrace






35. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






37. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






38. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






39. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






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






41. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky






42. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






43. Suggest - propose an explanation






44. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






45. Sociable; fond of the company of others






46. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






47. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






48. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate






49. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






50. Tolerant - broad-minded