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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. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






2. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






4. An investigation or inquiry






5. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






6. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






7. Book - usually large and academic






8. Plastic/phony/pretentious






9. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian






10. To attack or assault - beset






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






12. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential






13. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






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






15. A woman making a debut in high society/lady






16. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






17. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






18. Wandering and unpredictable






19. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






20. Equivalent to - alike - parallel






21. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation






22. Excess






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






24. Tolerant - broad-minded






25. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate






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






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






28. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






29. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling






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






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






32. Truthfulness






33. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






34. Old/antique/bygone/stale






35. Brilliant/glowing






36. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






37. Rebellion - mutiny






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






39. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






40. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine






41. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






42. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






43. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






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. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian






47. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






48. Flamboyant/verve/dash






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






50. To choose not to do something