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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. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential






2. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






3. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






4. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






5. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






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






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






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






9. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






10. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






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






13. Deep hole






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






15. Truthfulness






16. Commute/replace/superceded






17. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






18. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






19. Wandering and unpredictable






20. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm






21. Influence or domination over






22. An investigation or inquiry






23. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






24. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick






25. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant






26. Social outcast






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






28. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






29. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






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






31. Mark of disgrace






32. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






33. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






35. Turmoil/disorder






36. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






37. Excess






38. Tolerant - broad-minded






39. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






41. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy






42. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






43. Sociable; fond of the company of others






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






45. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






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






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






48. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






49. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






50. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value