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Challenging Words
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
zenith
wily
demagogue
intrepid
2. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
naiive
articulate
opaque
knell
3. No variation; tediously the same in sound
malleable
amalgamate
advocate
monotony
4. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
rustic
polemic
terrestrial
dirge
5. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
monotony
boor
hermetic
rhetoric
6. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
Dilate
prodigal
dogma
polemic
7. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
dirge
gestation
enigma
itinerant
8. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
dogma
connoisseur
waver
imbue
9. Sociable; fond of the company of others
adulterate
dirge
gregarious
aerie
10. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
paradox
nascent
prodigal
pristine
11. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
luminous
larceny
pajorative
demagogue
12. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
coalesce
articulate
explicit
hermetic
13. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
embellish
elegy
permeate
deface
14. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
sully
crescendo
monotony
pungent
15. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
gullible
luminous
whimsical
16. Influence or domination over
ambiguous
catalyst
pervade
hegemony
17. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
boor
statis
wraith
rhetoric
18. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
pervade
aesthetic
ingenuous
aerie
19. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
knell
paradox
gestation
20. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
sentient
esoteric
innocuous
21. Perceptive/sharp
acme
Keen
larceny
lucid
22. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
unequivocal
unconscionable
grovel
amalgamate
23. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
fallow
coalesce
prudence
deference
24. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
enigma
polemic
jargon
arbitrate
25. Coalesce - fuse
dogma
amalgamate
inquest
intractable
26. Tolerant - broad-minded
liberal
explicit
burnish
eulogy
27. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
debutante
deface
dogmatic
pervade
28. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
knell
catalyst
tangential
esoteric
29. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
Euphemism
wily
axiom
philistine
30. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
bombastic
wraith
lavish
pervade
31. To choose not to do something
abstain
transitory
lucid
discern
32. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
discern
proliferate
terrestrial
boor
33. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
zenith
acme
symbiosis
waver
34. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
hyperbole
dogmatic
wraith
abyss
35. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
sportive
repast
hermetic
liberal
36. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
deface
demagogue
naiive
judicious
37. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
quotidian
Keen
inundate
38. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
meticulous
lethargic
symbiosis
sentient
39. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
affected
gestation
stratagem
surly
40. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
apathy
chaos
explicit
aerie
41. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
innocuous
enigma
audacious
intrepid
42. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
gregarious
abeyance
pariah
Fanatical
43. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
abeyance
chaos
pungent
Fanatical
44. To polish
affected
nuance
judicious
burnish
45. An investigation or inquiry
aerie
whimsical
explicit
inquest
46. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
acme
gullible
intrepid
waver
47. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
apathy
Euphemism
phalanx
bombastic
48. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
pariah
frugality
Amulet
49. Excess
analogous
tome
veracity
plethora
50. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pervade
pungent
luminous
itinerant