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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. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






2. Excess






3. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






4. To choose not to do something






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






6. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






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






8. Effective writing or speaking






9. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






17. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish






18. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






19. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






20. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony






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






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






23. Pertaining to beauty






24. No variation; tediously the same in sound






25. Rebellion - mutiny






26. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






27. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






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






29. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate






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






31. Commute/replace/superceded






32. Altruism/ charity






33. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






34. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






35. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense






36. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






37. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






38. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






39. Frolicsome/ playful






40. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm






41. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






42. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






43. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






44. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






45. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






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






47. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






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






49. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






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