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






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






3. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






4. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






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






6. Book - usually large and academic






7. Truthfulness






8. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






10. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






11. To attack or assault - beset






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






13. Mark of disgrace






14. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






15. No variation; tediously the same in sound






16. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc






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






18. To expand like a woman in labor






19. Respected because of age






20. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






21. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable






22. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






24. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






25. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






26. A trace of something that once was present






27. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






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






29. Wandering and unpredictable






30. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






31. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






32. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






33. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






34. Frolicsome/ playful






35. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






36. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant






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






38. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






39. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






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






41. Caution/thrift/widom






42. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






43. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






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






45. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






46. Effective writing or speaking






47. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy






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






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






50. Equivalent to - alike - parallel