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






2. Suggest - propose an explanation






3. Flamboyant/verve/dash






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






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






6. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






8. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






9. To attack or assault - beset






10. Deep hole






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






12. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm






13. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






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






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






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






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






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






19. An investigation or inquiry






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






21. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






22. Old/antique/bygone/stale






23. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony






24. Easily aroused






25. Rebellion - mutiny






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






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






28. To choose not to do something






29. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






30. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire






31. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






32. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






33. Set fire/excite






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






35. A trace of something that once was present






36. Self contradictory






37. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






38. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






39. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






40. 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 ...






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






42. Brilliant/glowing






43. Frolicsome/ playful






44. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






45. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






46. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






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






48. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






49. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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