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Challenging Words
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
axiom
repast
verbose
lavish
2. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
repast
overwrought
grovel
meticulous
3. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
tirade
catalyst
Dilate
repose
4. A trace of something that once was present
hermetic
vestige
obstinate
elegy
5. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
leery
opaque
kindle
surly
6. To polish
latent
burnish
debutante
repast
7. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
jargon
meticulous
adulterate
8. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
arbitrate
lucid
hegemony
deface
9. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
affected
gullible
impasse
wraith
10. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
naiive
surly
Dilate
stratagem
11. Social outcast
unequivocal
dither
pariah
archaic
12. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
opaque
nuance
eulogy
acme
13. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
statis
invective
meticulous
jargon
14. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
lament
verbose
zenith
eulogy
15. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
lavish
dogmatic
opaque
dirge
16. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
leery
deface
advocate
unconscionable
17. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
assail
tome
naiive
intractable
18. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
gestation
tirade
Euphemism
meticulous
19. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
ingratiate
gestation
impervious
crescendo
20. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
pajorative
terrestrial
polemic
fallow
21. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
proliferate
zenith
deference
repast
22. Mark of disgrace
Amulet
stigma
hermetic
tirade
23. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
ingrate
embellish
obstinate
vacillate
24. Relaxation - tranquility
arbitrary
eulogy
repose
dirge
25. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
deference
homogenous
sentient
alleviate
26. To perceive or recognize
sentient
discern
arbitrate
repast
27. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
liberal
prodigal
invective
28. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
pristine
stratagem
tangential
phalanx
29. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
statis
zeal
lament
whimsical
30. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
meticulous
itinerant
assail
luminous
31. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
meticulous
judicious
philistine
abyss
32. Plastic/phony/pretentious
axiom
invective
affected
luminous
33. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
verbose
ingenuous
placate
tangential
34. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
permeate
aerie
transitory
ambiguous
35. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
pervade
hermetic
proliferate
rhetoric
36. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
volatile
overwrought
ingenuous
37. To attack or assault - beset
assail
surly
repudiate
ingrate
38. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
rustic
arbitrary
advocate
antagonize
39. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dogma
sportive
invective
aesthetic
40. Funeral bell/ omen of death
knell
Dilate
ambiguous
paradox
41. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
arbitrary
intrepid
homogenous
enigma
42. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
verbose
homogenous
Euphemism
tangential
43. Caution/thrift/widom
rustic
stratagem
prudence
demagogue
44. Pertaining to beauty
gregarious
aesthetic
demagogue
abyss
45. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
repose
larceny
abstain
esoteric
46. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
philantropy
listless
demagogue
proliferate
47. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
leery
boor
quotidian
abeyance
48. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
nuance
hegemony
aerie
grievous
49. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
zenith
hermetic
eloquent
dogma
50. An investigation or inquiry
archaic
grievous
inquest
ingrate