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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. Frolicsome/ playful






2. Altruism/ charity






3. Funeral bell/ omen of death






4. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang






5. Perceptive/sharp






6. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






7. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






8. Theft of property






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






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






11. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






12. Bucolic - rural






13. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant






14. An investigation or inquiry






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






16. Flamboyant/verve/dash






17. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






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






19. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






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






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






22. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






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






24. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit






25. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






26. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






27. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person






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






29. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






30. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






31. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






32. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






34. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






35. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






36. Truthfulness






37. Pertaining to beauty






38. Make impure/debase






39. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






41. To expand like a woman in labor






42. Easily aroused






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






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






45. Respected because of age






46. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






47. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






48. A trace of something that once was present






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






50. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally