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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. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






2. Growing in number quickly/spawn






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






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






5. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






6. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






7. Flamboyant/verve/dash






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






9. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






11. Book - usually large and academic






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






13. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






14. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






15. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






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






17. A trace of something that once was present






18. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






19. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






20. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






21. Perceptive/sharp






22. Old/antique/bygone/stale






23. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






24. Clever - deceptive






25. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






26. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






27. Theft of property






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






29. Sociable; fond of the company of others






30. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






31. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






32. Turmoil/disorder






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






34. Excess






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






36. Set fire/excite






37. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






38. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






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






40. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






41. Respected because of age






42. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy






43. Altruism/ charity






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






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






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






47. Social outcast






48. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






49. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






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