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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. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant






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






3. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






4. To attack or assault - beset






5. Perceptive/sharp






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






7. Caution/thrift/widom






8. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






9. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach






10. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






11. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






12. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






13. Book - usually large and academic






14. Bucolic - rural






15. Wandering and unpredictable






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






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






18. Suggest - propose an explanation






19. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






20. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






21. No variation; tediously the same in sound






22. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






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






24. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






25. Social outcast






26. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






27. Coalesce - fuse






28. Self contradictory






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






30. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






31. Altruism/ charity






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






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






34. Influence or domination over






35. Theft of property






36. Funeral bell/ omen of death






37. A trace of something that once was present






38. Frolicsome/ playful






39. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






41. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






42. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate






43. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






44. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






46. Temporary; lasting a brief time






47. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






48. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






49. Plastic/phony/pretentious






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