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






2. Influence or domination over






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






4. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






5. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






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






7. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






8. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






9. Growing in number quickly/spawn






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






11. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






12. Excess






13. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






14. Funeral bell/ omen of death






15. Relaxation - tranquility






16. A trace of something that once was present






17. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






18. Rebellion - mutiny






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






20. Effective writing or speaking






21. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






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






23. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






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






25. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






27. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave






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






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






30. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






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






32. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






34. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






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






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






37. Easily aroused






38. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






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






40. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






42. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






43. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






44. Social outcast






45. An investigation or inquiry






46. Truthfulness






47. Clever - deceptive






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






49. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






50. Book - usually large and academic






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