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






2. Mark of disgrace






3. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






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






5. To expand like a woman in labor






6. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






7. Flamboyant/verve/dash






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






9. Deep hole






10. 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 ...






11. Effective writing or speaking






12. Turmoil/disorder






13. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






14. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






15. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






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






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






18. Tolerant - broad-minded






19. Coalesce - fuse






20. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






21. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate






22. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






23. To perceive or recognize






24. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






25. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






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






27. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable






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






29. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






30. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






31. Easily aroused






32. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






33. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






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






35. Funeral bell/ omen of death






36. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






38. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






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






40. No variation; tediously the same in sound






41. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






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






43. Rebellion - mutiny






44. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane






45. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






46. Bucolic - rural






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






48. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






50. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate