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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. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






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






4. Deep hole






5. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade






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






7. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






8. Frolicsome/ playful






9. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






10. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver






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






12. Altruism/ charity






13. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






14. To choose not to do something






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






16. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






18. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






19. Suggest - propose an explanation






20. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle






21. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate






22. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






23. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown






24. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






25. Respected because of age






26. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






28. Mark of disgrace






29. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy






30. Temporary; lasting a brief time






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






32. Self contradictory






33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






34. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






36. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






37. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






38. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






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






40. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






42. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






44. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






45. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






46. To expand like a woman in labor






47. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






48. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






49. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






50. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious