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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 subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone






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






3. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






4. To choose not to do something






5. To polish






6. Tolerant - broad-minded






7. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






8. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






9. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible






10. Perceptive/sharp






11. Easily aroused






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






13. Excess






14. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






15. An investigation or inquiry






16. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






17. Flamboyant/verve/dash






18. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous






19. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally






20. Mark of disgrace






21. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language






22. Theft of property






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






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






25. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






26. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion






27. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






28. Effective writing or speaking






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






30. Turmoil/disorder






31. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous






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






33. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant






34. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy






35. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






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






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






38. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous






39. Commute/replace/superceded






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






41. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






42. A trace of something that once was present






43. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc






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






45. Altruism/ charity






46. Bucolic - rural






47. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






48. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






49. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent






50. Deep hole