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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






3. Bucolic - rural






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






5. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






6. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






7. Excess






8. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






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






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






11. Make impure/debase






12. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






13. Commute/replace/superceded






14. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






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






17. Truthfulness






18. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






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






20. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






21. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






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






23. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






24. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






25. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






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






27. To expand like a woman in labor






28. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






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






31. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






32. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






34. Turmoil/disorder






35. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






36. Mark of disgrace






37. Theft of property






38. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






39. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






40. Deep hole






41. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






42. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






43. Coalesce - fuse






44. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid






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






46. Relaxation - tranquility






47. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






48. Respected because of age






49. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






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







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