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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. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






2. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value






3. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






4. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






5. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






6. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






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






8. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






9. Excess






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






11. Frolicsome/ playful






12. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






13. Make impure/debase






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






15. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy






16. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






17. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






19. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






20. No variation; tediously the same in sound






21. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






22. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






23. To attack or assault - beset






24. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






25. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






26. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






27. Self contradictory






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






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






30. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






31. A trace of something that once was present






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






33. Caution/thrift/widom






34. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable






35. Truthfulness






36. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






37. Coalesce - fuse






38. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






39. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate






40. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






41. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






43. Suggest - propose an explanation






44. Commute/replace/superceded






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






46. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






47. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






48. Pertaining to beauty






49. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






50. Easily aroused