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Challenging Words
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Subjects
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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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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. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
disparate
nascent
ingrate
banal
2. Relaxation - tranquility
repose
stratagem
Dilate
eulogy
3. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
homogenous
adulterate
zenith
imbue
4. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
intractable
polemic
eulogy
lethargic
5. Perceptive/sharp
lucid
proliferate
Keen
intractable
6. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
listless
aesthetic
gestation
hermetic
7. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
catalyst
heterogeneous
convoluted
acme
8. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
stigma
verbose
surly
lament
9. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
jettison
chaos
Euphemism
tangential
10. Set fire/excite
stratagem
permeate
embellish
kindle
11. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
philantropy
analogous
dogmatic
eulogy
12. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
naiive
fallow
ingrate
13. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
sully
philistine
esoteric
lucid
14. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
pajorative
permeate
heterogeneous
impasse
15. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
dilettante
plucky
phalanx
repudiate
16. Theft of property
esoteric
wily
larceny
debutante
17. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
lavish
opaque
pervade
quotidian
18. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
surly
philistine
intransigent
symbiosis
19. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
dogmatic
opaque
deface
austere
20. Caution/thrift/widom
surly
quotidian
prudence
waver
21. 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 ...
embellish
lucid
intransigent
coalesce
22. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
listless
pristine
paradox
liberal
23. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
malleable
waver
assail
veracity
24. Truthfulness
meticulous
veracity
articulate
unconscionable
25. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
jargon
unconscionable
adulterate
26. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
vestige
ambiguous
larceny
whimsical
27. Effective writing or speaking
knell
arbitrary
rhetoric
prodigal
28. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
Keen
invective
listless
impervious
29. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
antagonize
dogma
vacillate
kindle
30. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
sully
heterogeneous
phalanx
pajorative
31. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
bombastic
tangential
eloquent
embellish
32. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
intrepid
hermetic
supplant
burnish
33. Clever - deceptive
zeal
lavish
wily
polemic
34. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
repudiate
dirge
ethos
gullible
35. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
unconscionable
listless
connoisseur
rustic
36. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
jettison
liberal
placate
phalanx
37. To choose not to do something
abstain
luminous
judicious
listless
38. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
imbue
audacious
crescendo
naiive
39. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
opaque
intractable
naiive
affected
40. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
wily
vestige
innocuous
inquest
41. Old/antique/bygone/stale
plethora
archaic
intrepid
posit
42. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
pungent
unequivocal
transitory
43. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
dilettante
sully
lavish
aesthetic
44. Commute/replace/superceded
lethargic
alleviate
supplant
tome
45. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
grievous
banal
deference
polemic
46. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
hermetic
opaque
audacious
supplant
47. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
aerie
unconscionable
esoteric
paradox
48. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
slake
Dilate
repast
dogmatic
49. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
jargon
alleviate
arbitrate
lethargic
50. Brilliant/glowing
pristine
luminous
slake
permeate