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Challenging Words
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Subjects
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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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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. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
apathy
pajorative
pungent
2. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
pungent
intractable
dogmatic
arbitrate
3. Relaxation - tranquility
hermetic
pungent
repose
dogmatic
4. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
audacious
phalanx
slake
sully
5. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
invective
dogmatic
dirge
crescendo
6. Wandering and unpredictable
apathy
bombastic
rustic
erratic
7. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
gestation
aesthetic
impervious
polemic
8. No variation; tediously the same in sound
monotony
zenith
dither
gestation
9. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
abstain
itinerant
phalanx
grovel
10. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
paradox
slake
unconscionable
latent
11. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
symbiosis
assail
discern
heterogeneous
12. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
meticulous
eloquent
embellish
explicit
13. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
lavish
naiive
intrepid
eulogy
14. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
boor
burnish
stigma
polemic
15. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
liberal
sully
lucid
articulate
16. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
explicit
overwrought
pajorative
17. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
permeate
hyperbole
zenith
convoluted
18. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
placate
fallow
malleable
knell
19. Respected because of age
intractable
naiive
transitory
venerable
20. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
lament
venerable
Euphemism
vacillate
21. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
knell
judicious
advocate
discern
22. Rebellion - mutiny
insurrection
overwrought
hermetic
hyperbole
23. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
rhetoric
stigma
alleviate
sully
24. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
wraith
opaque
imbue
stratagem
25. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
ingenuous
plucky
audacious
Amulet
26. Plastic/phony/pretentious
enigma
affected
repose
chaos
27. To polish
archaic
burnish
obstinate
pajorative
28. Book - usually large and academic
repast
supplant
tome
latent
29. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
intrepid
dogma
symbiosis
abeyance
30. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
wily
plethora
Fanatical
sentient
31. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
deface
liberal
apathy
sportive
32. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
erratic
crescendo
grovel
arbitrary
33. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
hermetic
wraith
terrestrial
verbose
34. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
slake
malleable
obstinate
volatile
35. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
pungent
arbitrate
jargon
embellish
36. To choose not to do something
chaos
ingenuous
abstain
supplant
37. To perceive or recognize
pristine
dogmatic
debutante
discern
38. Theft of property
frugality
posit
gullible
larceny
39. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
convoluted
lavish
proliferate
sully
40. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
venerable
hermetic
unconscionable
pervade
41. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
plucky
arbitrate
enigma
unequivocal
42. Easily aroused
catalyst
crescendo
pungent
volatile
43. Truthfulness
philantropy
veracity
wraith
bombastic
44. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
audacious
deference
ingrate
disparate
45. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
homogenous
connoisseur
listless
impervious
46. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
slake
connoisseur
placate
ingenuous
47. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
esoteric
dither
chaos
inundate
48. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
bombastic
nascent
nuance
lavish
49. Effective writing or speaking
plethora
rhetoric
monotony
unconscionable
50. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
repose
permeate
quotidian
adulterate