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






2. Bucolic - rural






3. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.






4. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






5. Truthfulness






6. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader






7. Commute/replace/superceded






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






9. Old/antique/bygone/stale






10. Sociable; fond of the company of others






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






12. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






13. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






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






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






16. Make impure/debase






17. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






18. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally






19. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






20. Altruism/ charity






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






22. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






23. Frolicsome/ playful






24. A trace of something that once was present






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






26. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






27. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






28. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






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






31. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






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






33. Suggest - propose an explanation






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






35. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky






36. Respected because of age






37. Temporary; lasting a brief time






38. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






39. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






41. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






42. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






44. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






45. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






46. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






47. Self contradictory






48. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






49. To attack or assault - beset






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






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