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






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






3. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






4. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester






5. Temporary; lasting a brief time






6. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






7. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






8. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






9. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






10. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






11. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant






12. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian






13. Altruism/ charity






14. Caution/thrift/widom






15. Suggest - propose an explanation






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






17. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






18. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






19. Excess






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






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






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






23. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






24. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






25. Old/antique/bygone/stale






26. Set fire/excite






27. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate






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






29. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






30. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid






31. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






32. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential






33. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






34. Influence or domination over






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






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






37. Make impure/debase






38. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire






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






40. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






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






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






43. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






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






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






46. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






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






48. To expand like a woman in labor






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






50. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant