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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. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally






2. To expand like a woman in labor






3. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






4. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason






5. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






6. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense






7. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






8. Excess






9. Frolicsome/ playful






10. Brilliant/glowing






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






12. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






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






15. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish






16. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






17. Relaxation - tranquility






18. Caution/thrift/widom






19. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






20. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






21. Social outcast






22. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






23. Effective writing or speaking






24. Truthfulness






25. Theft of property






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






27. Sociable; fond of the company of others






28. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate






29. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






30. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






31. To polish






32. Old/antique/bygone/stale






33. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






34. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






35. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






36. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick






37. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






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






39. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable






40. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






41. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.






42. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade






43. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge






44. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






45. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






46. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






47. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






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






49. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone






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