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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. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity






2. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent






3. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous






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






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






6. Respected because of age






7. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






8. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver






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






10. Rebellion - mutiny






11. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






13. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






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






15. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






16. Coming into being; in early developmental stages






17. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






18. Perceptive/sharp






19. Wandering and unpredictable






20. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing






21. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






22. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






23. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle






24. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid






25. Old/antique/bygone/stale






26. Brilliant/glowing






27. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






28. Growing in number quickly/spawn






29. To choose not to do something






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






31. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






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






33. Funeral bell/ omen of death






34. Social outcast






35. Frolicsome/ playful






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






37. Plastic/phony/pretentious






38. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade






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






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






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






42. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






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






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






45. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






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






47. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






48. Easily aroused






49. Mark of disgrace






50. 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 ...