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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • 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. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






3. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






4. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






5. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






6. Effective writing or speaking






7. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle






8. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






9. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally






10. Growing in number quickly/spawn






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






12. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






14. To choose not to do something






15. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






16. To attack or assault - beset






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






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






19. Frolicsome/ playful






20. Bucolic - rural






21. Old/antique/bygone/stale






22. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






23. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






24. Perceptive/sharp






25. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






26. An investigation or inquiry






27. 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 ...






28. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






29. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






30. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






31. Brilliant/glowing






32. Make impure/debase






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






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






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






36. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester






37. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






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






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






40. Caution/thrift/widom






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






42. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate






43. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






44. To expand like a woman in labor






45. Respected because of age






46. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






47. To polish






48. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






49. Theft of property






50. Unclear or doubtful in meaning







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