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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Deep hole






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






3. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






4. Perceptive/sharp






5. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






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






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






8. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






9. Growing in number quickly/spawn






10. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable






11. Theft of property






12. Effective writing or speaking






13. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






15. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






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






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






19. Set fire/excite






20. Wandering and unpredictable






21. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






22. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






23. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang






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






25. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






26. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






27. Altruism/ charity






28. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






29. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






30. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






31. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






32. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate






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






34. Old/antique/bygone/stale






35. To choose not to do something






36. 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 ...






37. Tolerant - broad-minded






38. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






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






40. Temporary; lasting a brief time






41. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






42. Respected because of age






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






44. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid






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






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






47. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing






48. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






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






50. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied







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