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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. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous






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






3. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme






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






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






6. Make impure/debase






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






8. Sluggish/listless/apathetic






9. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious






10. Altruism/ charity






11. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy






12. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible






13. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge






14. Pertaining to beauty






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






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






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






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






19. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade






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






21. Rebellion - mutiny






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






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






24. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of






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






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






27. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse






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






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






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






31. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one






32. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable






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






34. Temporary; lasting a brief time






35. Old/antique/bygone/stale






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






37. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile






38. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied






39. Wandering and unpredictable






40. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic






41. Respected because of age






42. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend






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






44. Eject/discard like in excess fuel






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






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






47. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






48. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






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






50. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous