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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Not harmful or injurious; harmless






2. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy






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






4. Clever - deceptive






5. Theft of property






6. Pertaining to beauty






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






8. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






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






10. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






11. Frolicsome/ playful






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






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






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






15. Easily aroused






16. To choose not to do something






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






18. Plastic/phony/pretentious






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






20. Altruism/ charity






21. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






22. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical






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






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






25. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason






26. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






27. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting






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






29. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem






30. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






31. A trace of something that once was present






32. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish






33. Self contradictory






34. To perceive or recognize






35. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






37. Truthfulness






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






39. Suggest - propose an explanation






40. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






41. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester






42. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






43. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






44. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible






45. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






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






47. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic






48. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






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






50. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible