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Challenging Words
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english
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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. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
larceny
dither
jargon
verbose
2. Easily aroused
volatile
aerie
coalesce
stratagem
3. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
luminous
tangential
grievous
4. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
audacious
sportive
pervade
eulogy
5. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
meticulous
gullible
surly
nascent
6. Respected because of age
pajorative
pungent
venerable
inquest
7. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
eloquent
Euphemism
debutante
impasse
8. To choose not to do something
rhetoric
monotony
lament
abstain
9. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
arbitrary
tome
ethos
archaic
10. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
embellish
surly
acme
pungent
11. 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 ...
repudiate
lucid
homogenous
discern
12. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
discern
insurrection
eulogy
leery
13. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
permeate
stratagem
dirge
abeyance
14. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
zeal
ethos
catalyst
dogmatic
15. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
impervious
banal
inquest
boor
16. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
homogenous
gullible
elegy
nascent
17. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
heterogeneous
meticulous
antagonize
lethargic
18. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
Dilate
polemic
listless
impasse
19. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
Euphemism
overwrought
enigma
insurrection
20. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
grievous
belfry
prodigal
overwrought
21. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
impasse
verbose
opaque
sentient
22. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
archaic
crescendo
analogous
audacious
23. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
deference
Amulet
placate
intransigent
24. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
statis
impervious
repose
hyperbole
25. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
abeyance
banal
archaic
hegemony
26. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
ambiguous
nuance
connoisseur
acme
27. Tolerant - broad-minded
impervious
Fanatical
liberal
catalyst
28. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
statis
wily
paradox
29. Wandering and unpredictable
naiive
lavish
deface
erratic
30. To attack or assault - beset
Euphemism
enigma
assail
inundate
31. Effective writing or speaking
statis
coalesce
rhetoric
tirade
32. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
lavish
axiom
bombastic
coalesce
33. A trace of something that once was present
Fanatical
demagogue
vestige
jettison
34. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
eloquent
innocuous
lucid
elegy
35. Frolicsome/ playful
explicit
Keen
sportive
intrepid
36. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
opaque
repudiate
jargon
stratagem
37. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
sully
eloquent
symbiosis
38. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
apathy
banal
nuance
fallow
39. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
advocate
intrepid
tangential
deference
40. Deep hole
abyss
dogmatic
eulogy
stratagem
41. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
latent
connoisseur
convoluted
42. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
jettison
pervade
pajorative
fallow
43. Old/antique/bygone/stale
prodigal
luminous
archaic
belfry
44. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
abeyance
affected
rhetoric
45. Altruism/ charity
nascent
sportive
pariah
philantropy
46. Make impure/debase
polemic
audacious
invective
adulterate
47. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
audacious
aerie
apathy
intransigent
48. Turmoil/disorder
plethora
chaos
abeyance
intrepid
49. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
fallow
polemic
grovel
tome
50. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
dither
articulate
Euphemism
repose