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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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1. Self contradictory






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






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






4. To expand like a woman in labor






5. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






6. Influence or domination over






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






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






9. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






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






11. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






13. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






14. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






15. To choose not to do something






16. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






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






18. Sociable; fond of the company of others






19. Bucolic - rural






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






21. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate






22. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine






23. Truthfulness






24. An investigation or inquiry






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






26. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






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






28. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






29. Turmoil/disorder






30. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






31. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






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






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






34. Caution/thrift/widom






35. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






36. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






37. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






39. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy






40. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






41. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone






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






43. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant






44. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






45. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...






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






47. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






48. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






49. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






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