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Challenging Words
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
latent
polemic
disparate
pungent
2. Growing in number quickly/spawn
proliferate
intrepid
stigma
statis
3. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
chaos
grievous
intrepid
opaque
4. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
unequivocal
vacillate
lament
latent
5. Theft of property
abeyance
catalyst
tirade
larceny
6. Perceptive/sharp
Keen
nascent
hermetic
arbitrary
7. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
rustic
austere
surly
insurrection
8. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
bombastic
axiom
gregarious
dilettante
9. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
arbitrary
prodigal
ingenuous
deference
10. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
paradox
jargon
aerie
stratagem
11. Rebellion - mutiny
heterogeneous
chaos
insurrection
stratagem
12. Influence or domination over
nuance
tangential
verbose
hegemony
13. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
apathy
plucky
invective
fallow
14. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
hermetic
pervade
imbue
ingrate
15. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
intrepid
placate
posit
hegemony
16. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
deference
nuance
tome
pariah
17. Sociable; fond of the company of others
jettison
gregarious
eloquent
phalanx
18. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
wraith
surly
aerie
leery
19. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
knell
coalesce
terrestrial
deference
20. Turmoil/disorder
repast
chaos
abeyance
convoluted
21. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
explicit
ingrate
acme
repudiate
22. Brilliant/glowing
whimsical
ambiguous
transitory
luminous
23. A trace of something that once was present
abyss
axiom
vestige
sentient
24. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
arbitrate
inundate
zenith
symbiosis
25. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
philistine
deface
catalyst
Dilate
26. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
lucid
adulterate
itinerant
sully
27. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
embellish
assail
belfry
eulogy
28. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
elegy
veracity
crescendo
analogous
29. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
impasse
deface
pariah
30. Truthfulness
pervade
veracity
gregarious
gestation
31. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
unconscionable
vestige
permeate
rustic
32. To choose not to do something
arbitrary
lethargic
abstain
esoteric
33. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
vestige
supplant
bombastic
waver
34. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
austere
catalyst
embellish
gullible
35. Set fire/excite
Amulet
kindle
zenith
lament
36. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
enigma
meticulous
verbose
aesthetic
37. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
hegemony
crescendo
jettison
insurrection
38. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
insurrection
Fanatical
tirade
pungent
39. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hyperbole
imbue
bombastic
hermetic
40. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
pristine
latent
impasse
plucky
41. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
chaos
dogma
hermetic
innocuous
42. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
axiom
invective
deface
austere
43. Self contradictory
bombastic
convoluted
paradox
dirge
44. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
naiive
tirade
supplant
45. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
ingrate
bombastic
esoteric
articulate
46. Mark of disgrace
banal
lavish
stigma
Amulet
47. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
statis
belfry
intransigent
innocuous
48. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
gullible
placate
Euphemism
lethargic
49. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
Dilate
fallow
knell
invective
50. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
lament
grievous
insurrection
prudence