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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. Funeral bell/ omen of death
embellish
rustic
intrepid
knell
2. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
whimsical
tirade
disparate
jettison
3. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
grievous
pariah
rhetoric
inundate
4. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
surly
articulate
polemic
aesthetic
5. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
paradox
inundate
adulterate
debutante
6. Deep hole
tome
statis
abyss
latent
7. Set fire/excite
kindle
amalgamate
Amulet
banal
8. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
statis
eloquent
latent
repose
9. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
venerable
pungent
opaque
knell
10. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
verbose
permeate
dither
disparate
11. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
affected
jargon
esoteric
tangential
12. Plastic/phony/pretentious
affected
antagonize
tirade
lucid
13. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
jargon
ingrate
terrestrial
intractable
14. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
plucky
frugality
aerie
enigma
15. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
rustic
nascent
intrepid
stratagem
16. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
prudence
inundate
wily
ingrate
17. Wandering and unpredictable
whimsical
hyperbole
erratic
Keen
18. Respected because of age
venerable
hermetic
dirge
obstinate
19. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
debutante
gullible
ambiguous
aesthetic
20. To attack or assault - beset
explicit
naiive
lucid
assail
21. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
stratagem
elegy
Dilate
ingenuous
22. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
wraith
debutante
jettison
sentient
23. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
gregarious
prudence
plethora
impasse
24. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
listless
repose
volatile
Euphemism
25. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
ingrate
insurrection
alleviate
26. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
belfry
hermetic
alleviate
placate
27. To expand like a woman in labor
Dilate
amalgamate
dogma
pariah
28. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
arbitrary
heterogeneous
archaic
jargon
29. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
abeyance
arbitrate
overwrought
bombastic
30. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
esoteric
bombastic
zeal
frugality
31. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
disparate
impasse
arbitrary
plucky
32. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
placate
verbose
phalanx
imbue
33. Frolicsome/ playful
sportive
Fanatical
panache
ambiguous
34. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
kindle
ethos
jargon
Amulet
35. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
lament
pariah
paradox
unconscionable
36. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
philistine
eulogy
permeate
audacious
37. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
symbiosis
Fanatical
connoisseur
lucid
38. Effective writing or speaking
alleviate
gullible
rhetoric
apathy
39. 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 ...
gestation
philantropy
lucid
fallow
40. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
enigma
lavish
quotidian
hermetic
41. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
sully
invective
enigma
bombastic
42. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
quotidian
ingratiate
imbue
eloquent
43. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
boor
permeate
deference
kindle
44. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
larceny
archaic
polemic
inundate
45. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
impervious
abyss
ingenuous
dogma
46. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
naiive
frugality
lucid
invective
47. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
arbitrary
gestation
abeyance
transitory
48. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
ingratiate
lavish
lucid
aerie
49. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
hermetic
chaos
deface
quotidian
50. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
panache
placate
tirade
meticulous