Test your basic knowledge |

Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






2. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






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






4. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






5. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






6. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly






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






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






9. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine






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






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






12. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






13. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






14. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






15. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






16. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






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






18. Altruism/ charity






19. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






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






21. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






22. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate






23. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






24. To polish






25. Caution/thrift/widom






26. Plastic/phony/pretentious






27. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






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






29. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






30. Bucolic - rural






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






32. Influence or domination over






33. Tolerant - broad-minded






34. Truthfulness






35. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






36. Commute/replace/superceded






37. Rebellion - mutiny






38. Effective writing or speaking






39. Frolicsome/ playful






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






41. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






42. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






43. 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 ...






44. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






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






46. To attack or assault - beset






47. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang






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






49. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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