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






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






3. Temporary; lasting a brief time






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






5. To choose not to do something






6. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






7. Clever - deceptive






8. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






9. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






10. Sociable; fond of the company of others






11. Respected because of age






12. Altruism/ charity






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






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






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






16. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






17. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






18. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






19. Commute/replace/superceded






20. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






21. A trace of something that once was present






22. Brilliant/glowing






23. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






24. Suggest - propose an explanation






25. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






27. Bucolic - rural






28. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






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






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






32. Book - usually large and academic






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






34. Growing in number quickly/spawn






35. Caution/thrift/widom






36. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






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






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






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






40. Deep hole






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






42. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






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






44. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






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






46. Truthfulness






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






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






49. Self contradictory






50. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent