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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






2. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine






3. Truthfulness






4. Bucolic - rural






5. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick






6. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






7. Wandering and unpredictable






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






9. Sociable; fond of the company of others






10. Frolicsome/ playful






11. Temporary; lasting a brief time






12. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






13. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






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






15. Respected because of age






16. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






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






18. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure






19. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave






20. Pertaining to beauty






21. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy






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






23. Make impure/debase






24. To attack or assault - beset






25. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine






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






27. Turmoil/disorder






28. Flamboyant/verve/dash






29. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






30. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






31. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






32. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling






33. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






34. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






35. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






36. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






37. Rebellion - mutiny






38. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






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






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






41. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






42. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy






43. No variation; tediously the same in sound






44. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






45. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






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






47. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






49. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






50. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic