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






2. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






3. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






4. Set fire/excite






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






6. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate






7. Bucolic - rural






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






9. Easily aroused






10. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






11. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






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






14. To expand like a woman in labor






15. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






16. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






17. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






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






19. To polish






20. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






22. To attack or assault - beset






23. Tolerant - broad-minded






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






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






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






27. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






28. Make impure/debase






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






30. Commute/replace/superceded






31. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule






32. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






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






34. Frolicsome/ playful






35. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






36. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian






37. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






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






39. Clever - deceptive






40. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






41. An investigation or inquiry






42. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






43. To choose not to do something






44. Book - usually large and academic






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






46. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






47. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






48. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






49. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






50. Flamboyant/verve/dash