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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy






2. Commute/replace/superceded






3. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






4. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






5. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






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






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






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






9. Coalesce - fuse






10. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






11. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






12. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






13. Caution/thrift/widom






14. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






15. Truthfulness






16. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






17. Funeral bell/ omen of death






18. No variation; tediously the same in sound






19. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






20. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






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






23. Set fire/excite






24. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






26. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






27. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






28. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






30. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






31. Rebellion - mutiny






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






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






34. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






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






36. Excess






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






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






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






40. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






41. Book - usually large and academic






42. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






43. Frolicsome/ playful






44. Theft of property






45. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing






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






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






48. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






49. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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







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