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






2. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






3. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






5. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






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






7. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






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






9. Wandering and unpredictable






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






11. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






12. Turmoil/disorder






13. Funeral bell/ omen of death






14. A trace of something that once was present






15. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






16. Brilliant/glowing






17. Old/antique/bygone/stale






18. Set fire/excite






19. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






20. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






21. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






22. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






23. Tolerant - broad-minded






24. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






25. Altruism/ charity






26. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






27. Plastic/phony/pretentious






28. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






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






31. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






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






33. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






34. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






35. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






36. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






37. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






38. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






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






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






41. Clever - deceptive






42. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate






43. Commute/replace/superceded






44. Relaxation - tranquility






45. To perceive or recognize






46. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






48. Flamboyant/verve/dash






49. To choose not to do something






50. Coalesce - fuse