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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. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






2. Caution/thrift/widom






3. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






4. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane






5. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






7. Plastic/phony/pretentious






8. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






10. To polish






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






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






13. Relaxation - tranquility






14. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






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






16. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






17. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






18. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






19. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






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






21. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






23. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






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






25. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






26. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






27. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






28. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






29. Coalesce - fuse






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






31. Suggest - propose an explanation






32. To choose not to do something






33. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






34. Pertaining to beauty






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






36. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






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






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






39. Funeral bell/ omen of death






40. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade






41. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






42. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






44. Altruism/ charity






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






46. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






47. Book - usually large and academic






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






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






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