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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. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
grievous
transitory
lavish
acme
2. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
ingenuous
chaos
nuance
3. A trace of something that once was present
paradox
boor
rhetoric
vestige
4. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
intrepid
tome
assail
nuance
5. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
alleviate
arbitrary
zenith
6. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
impasse
austere
vacillate
statis
7. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
wraith
erratic
pervade
knell
8. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
volatile
hermetic
malleable
chaos
9. Temporary; lasting a brief time
unequivocal
ingratiate
transitory
vacillate
10. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
analogous
demagogue
ingenuous
11. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
arbitrary
crescendo
philistine
overwrought
12. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
audacious
lucid
advocate
hyperbole
13. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
frugality
transitory
connoisseur
impervious
14. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dirge
liberal
grievous
dilettante
15. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
austere
sully
apathy
16. Plastic/phony/pretentious
paradox
innocuous
affected
arbitrate
17. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
dogma
placate
pajorative
elegy
18. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
imbue
surly
transitory
impasse
19. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
sentient
affected
Amulet
symbiosis
20. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
archaic
impervious
zenith
monotony
21. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
permeate
sully
zenith
latent
22. To perceive or recognize
unequivocal
discern
gullible
demagogue
23. Tolerant - broad-minded
liberal
dirge
lucid
hegemony
24. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
slake
apathy
banal
dirge
25. Effective writing or speaking
tangential
pervade
dogma
rhetoric
26. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
pungent
intrepid
lucid
slake
27. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
belfry
Fanatical
elegy
repose
28. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
ingratiate
pariah
tome
ambiguous
29. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
proliferate
obstinate
plucky
nascent
30. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
heterogeneous
hyperbole
listless
jargon
31. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
abeyance
bombastic
ingratiate
elegy
32. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
dirge
luminous
eloquent
polemic
33. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
hermetic
elegy
boor
catalyst
34. Book - usually large and academic
tome
judicious
whimsical
meticulous
35. Pertaining to beauty
Fanatical
heterogeneous
invective
aesthetic
36. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
nuance
apathy
itinerant
kindle
37. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
antagonize
Fanatical
rhetoric
hegemony
38. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
aesthetic
lavish
abstain
bombastic
39. Deep hole
lethargic
elegy
abyss
fallow
40. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
affected
philantropy
jargon
ambiguous
41. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
eloquent
deference
arbitrary
lethargic
42. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
itinerant
hermetic
unequivocal
zeal
43. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
homogenous
opaque
discern
44. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
eloquent
enigma
hyperbole
plethora
45. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
ambiguous
supplant
pristine
demagogue
46. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
heterogeneous
Euphemism
pajorative
arbitrate
47. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
convoluted
invective
impasse
ingrate
48. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
latent
antagonize
quotidian
debutante
49. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
polemic
heterogeneous
aesthetic
obstinate
50. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
chaos
debutante
abeyance
impasse