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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • 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. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






2. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






3. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






5. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






6. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure






7. Clever - deceptive






8. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






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






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






11. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






12. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate






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






14. Effective writing or speaking






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






16. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






17. Excess






18. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious






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






20. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






21. Brilliant/glowing






22. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






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






24. Wandering and unpredictable






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






26. Easily aroused






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






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






29. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






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






31. Growing in number quickly/spawn






32. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






33. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






34. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






35. Self contradictory






36. Pertaining to beauty






37. To polish






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






39. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






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






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






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






43. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied







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