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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. Turmoil/disorder






2. Caution/thrift/widom






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






4. Ungrateful person - cad - churl






5. Perceptive/sharp






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






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






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






9. Commute/replace/superceded






10. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable






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






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






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






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






15. Old/antique/bygone/stale






16. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation






17. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous






18. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






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






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






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






22. To choose not to do something






23. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency






24. Unclear or doubtful in meaning






25. Easily aroused






26. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity






27. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle






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






29. To polish






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






31. Frolicsome/ playful






32. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled






33. Excess






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






35. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify






36. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief






37. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






38. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim






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






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






41. Bucolic - rural






42. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical






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






44. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible






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






46. Wandering and unpredictable






47. Social outcast






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






49. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






50. Influence or domination over