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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. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






2. Truthfulness






3. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






4. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential






5. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible






6. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






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






8. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity






9. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






11. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






12. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






13. Growing in number quickly/spawn






14. To attack or assault - beset






15. Commute/replace/superceded






16. To choose not to do something






17. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






18. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






19. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky






20. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm






21. Frolicsome/ playful






22. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






23. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






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






25. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






26. Excess






27. Tolerant - broad-minded






28. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






29. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






30. Funeral bell/ omen of death






31. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






32. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






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






34. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






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






36. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






37. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






38. Altruism/ charity






39. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly






40. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...






41. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






42. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






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






45. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value






46. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy






47. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






48. Temporary; lasting a brief time






49. 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 ...






50. Sluggish/listless/apathetic







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