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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. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






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






3. To perceive or recognize






4. Temporary; lasting a brief time






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






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






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






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






9. To expand like a woman in labor






10. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






11. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






12. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






13. No variation; tediously the same in sound






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






15. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach






16. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.






17. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate






18. Plastic/phony/pretentious






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






20. Sociable; fond of the company of others






21. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






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






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






25. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






26. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






27. Pertaining to beauty






28. Wandering and unpredictable






29. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






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






32. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






33. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






34. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






35. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






36. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






38. Set fire/excite






39. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






40. Make impure/debase






41. Rebellion - mutiny






42. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






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






44. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






45. Flamboyant/verve/dash






46. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky






47. Turmoil/disorder






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






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






50. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim