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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. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






2. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






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






4. A trace of something that once was present






5. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






6. To polish






7. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






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






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






10. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






11. Social outcast






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






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






14. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






15. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






16. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






17. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






18. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






19. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






20. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






21. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy






22. Mark of disgrace






23. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






24. Relaxation - tranquility






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






26. To perceive or recognize






27. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






28. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






29. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






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






31. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






32. Plastic/phony/pretentious






33. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






35. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






36. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






37. To attack or assault - beset






38. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






39. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






40. Funeral bell/ omen of death






41. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






42. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






43. Caution/thrift/widom






44. Pertaining to beauty






45. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane






46. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader






47. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






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






49. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






50. An investigation or inquiry