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Challenging Words

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence






2. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






4. Express grieve - deplore - bewail






5. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






6. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation






7. Clever - deceptive






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






9. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






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






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






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






13. Flamboyant/verve/dash






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






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






16. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet






17. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant






18. Coalesce - fuse






19. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay






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






21. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal






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






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






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






25. To perceive or recognize






26. Caution/thrift/widom






27. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






28. Wandering and unpredictable






29. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






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






31. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






32. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy






33. Effective writing or speaking






34. To polish






35. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






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






37. Sociable; fond of the company of others






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






39. Deep hole






40. Excess






41. To expand like a woman in labor






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






43. Respected because of age






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






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






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






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






48. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






50. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical







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