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






2. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value






3. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate






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






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






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






7. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






8. Turmoil/disorder






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






10. An investigation or inquiry






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






12. Excess






13. Make impure/debase






14. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






15. Easily aroused






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






17. Commute/replace/superceded






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






19. Wandering and unpredictable






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






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






22. To attack or assault - beset






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






24. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






25. Clever - deceptive






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






27. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






28. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






30. A trace of something that once was present






31. 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 ...






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






33. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






35. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane






36. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






37. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






38. To expand like a woman in labor






39. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






40. Growing in number quickly/spawn






41. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






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






43. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend






44. Influence or domination over






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






46. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






47. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






48. Theft of property






49. Suggest - propose an explanation






50. Caution/thrift/widom