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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. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






2. Influence or domination over






3. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






4. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






5. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable






6. Temporary; lasting a brief time






7. An investigation or inquiry






8. Mark of disgrace






9. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






10. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade






11. Set fire/excite






12. Suggest - propose an explanation






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






14. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend






15. Theft of property






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






17. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






18. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






19. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






20. 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 ...






21. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






22. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown






23. Truthfulness






24. Social outcast






25. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






26. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






28. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






29. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






30. Relaxation - tranquility






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






32. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






33. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






34. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






36. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






37. Turmoil/disorder






38. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






39. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane






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






41. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






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






43. Plastic/phony/pretentious






44. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






45. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






46. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






47. Growing in number quickly/spawn






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






49. Clever - deceptive






50. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify