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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. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






2. Influence or domination over






3. Pertaining to beauty






4. Brilliant/glowing






5. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






6. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






7. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






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






9. Flamboyant/verve/dash






10. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






11. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






12. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






13. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy






14. Theft of property






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






16. Rebellion - mutiny






17. To expand like a woman in labor






18. Book - usually large and academic






19. Commute/replace/superceded






20. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






22. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






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






24. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






25. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling






26. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






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






28. Effective writing or speaking






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






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






31. 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 ...






32. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






33. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






34. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






35. Turmoil/disorder






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






37. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






38. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






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






40. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






41. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






42. Altruism/ charity






43. To polish






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






45. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






47. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






48. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






49. To attack or assault - beset






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