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






2. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






3. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...






4. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






5. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






6. Clever - deceptive






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






8. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid






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






10. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






11. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






12. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






13. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






14. Pertaining to beauty






15. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






16. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






17. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






18. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






19. Perceptive/sharp






20. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






21. Frolicsome/ playful






22. Turmoil/disorder






23. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






24. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






25. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






26. Relaxation - tranquility






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






28. 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 ...






29. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






30. No variation; tediously the same in sound






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






32. Old/antique/bygone/stale






33. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






34. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






35. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






36. To polish






37. Plastic/phony/pretentious






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






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






40. To expand like a woman in labor






41. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






42. Tolerant - broad-minded






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






44. Easily aroused






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






46. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






47. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






48. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






49. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






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







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