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Challenging Words
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
pristine
crescendo
placate
unequivocal
2. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
lucid
statis
lethargic
verbose
3. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
ambiguous
impervious
intransigent
vestige
4. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
statis
archaic
embellish
imbue
5. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
meticulous
kindle
elegy
6. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
jargon
venerable
dirge
7. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
posit
ethos
dilettante
catalyst
8. Old/antique/bygone/stale
intractable
rustic
archaic
ingenuous
9. Turmoil/disorder
hermetic
deface
chaos
kindle
10. Flamboyant/verve/dash
panache
zeal
acme
sully
11. Rebellion - mutiny
volatile
tangential
insurrection
philistine
12. Brilliant/glowing
enigma
luminous
itinerant
advocate
13. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
intransigent
philistine
unequivocal
tirade
14. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
abeyance
boor
disparate
pariah
15. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
repast
Euphemism
eloquent
lament
16. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
listless
adulterate
arbitrary
zenith
17. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
venerable
gregarious
grovel
ambiguous
18. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
permeate
catalyst
explicit
belfry
19. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
placate
ingratiate
hermetic
20. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
rhetoric
posit
zeal
terrestrial
21. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
terrestrial
placate
repast
dirge
22. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
ingrate
esoteric
statis
stratagem
23. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
nuance
arbitrate
plucky
nascent
24. Set fire/excite
kindle
acme
abeyance
overwrought
25. To choose not to do something
placate
permeate
abstain
transitory
26. Make impure/debase
affected
adulterate
invective
sentient
27. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
ethos
eulogy
sentient
tirade
28. Self contradictory
ambiguous
acme
paradox
opaque
29. Caution/thrift/widom
convoluted
prudence
paradox
ethos
30. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
esoteric
Dilate
frugality
stratagem
31. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
inundate
elegy
nuance
erratic
32. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
lethargic
coalesce
plucky
ingratiate
33. To attack or assault - beset
catalyst
opaque
arbitrary
assail
34. Social outcast
pariah
imbue
frugality
sentient
35. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
pervade
eloquent
ambiguous
ingratiate
36. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
intractable
latent
Euphemism
whimsical
37. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
lucid
alleviate
dilettante
banal
38. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
nascent
verbose
innocuous
slake
39. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
prudence
lethargic
antagonize
elegy
40. Sociable; fond of the company of others
gregarious
latent
archaic
terrestrial
41. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
jettison
connoisseur
innocuous
42. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
Keen
acme
stigma
43. Coalesce - fuse
analogous
Euphemism
philistine
amalgamate
44. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
amalgamate
banal
gregarious
obstinate
45. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
heterogeneous
inundate
whimsical
abstain
46. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
ethos
nascent
opaque
panache
47. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
ingrate
impervious
naiive
placate
48. Clever - deceptive
lavish
arbitrate
bombastic
wily
49. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
pariah
gullible
ambiguous
explicit
50. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
austere
nuance
eloquent
debutante