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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






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






3. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly






4. To perceive or recognize






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






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






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






8. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






9. Self contradictory






10. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






11. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






12. Set fire/excite






13. Excess






14. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






16. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






17. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






18. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






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






20. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling






21. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine






22. Suggest - propose an explanation






23. No variation; tediously the same in sound






24. Turmoil/disorder






25. To expand like a woman in labor






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






27. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






28. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge






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






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






31. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






32. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






33. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






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






35. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






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






37. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






38. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






40. To polish






41. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






43. Growing in number quickly/spawn






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






45. Plastic/phony/pretentious






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






47. Effective writing or speaking






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






49. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






50. 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 ...







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