Whether you are perusing articles online, reading your favorite books on the Kindle, or maybe even having a casual conversation, you may come across words whose meaning you can never keep straight. Even after looking up their meanings, the right definition doesn't stick and you forget it the next time.
There are many words in the English language with definitions that can be difficult to remember. Some words seem like they have a negative element in them, but either because their positive counterpoint has fallen out of use or because it never existed in the first place, the word doesn't really have a negative sense. Other words are often confused for their opposite or have come to have connotations not quite reflected in their dictionary definitions. Either way, the language is a beautiful but also confusing one at times.
Like any language, English has its fair share of extremely tough words to remember. Test your knowledge of these common tough words, and see whether you can pick out their correct meanings!
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If You Think You Can Pass This Tough Word Test, You're … Quiz Questions
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call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
tending to vanish like vapor
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
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hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
a shackle for the ankles or feet
easily irritated or annoyed
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consisting of elements that are not of the same kind
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
attribute or credit to
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engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
the quality of being honest and straightforward
play boisterously
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not having enough money to pay for necessities
impossible to deny or disprove
peculiar to the individual
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a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
effusively or insincerely emotional
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to cause to separate and go in different directions
the state of being held in low esteem
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
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intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
not easily borne; wearing
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a ruler who is unconstrained by law
complete and confirmed integrity
enthusiastic approval
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a foreboding about what is about to happen
make impossible, especially beforehand
characterized by lust
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a small or moderate or token amount
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
a standard or typical example
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excessively abundant
attractively old-fashioned
failing in what duty requires
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stubbornly resistant to authority or control
good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
an authoritative request or demand
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the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
plausible but false
confidently optimistic and cheerful
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repeated too often; over-familiar through overuse
having a useful function
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
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flattery intended to persuade
make sense of; assign a meaning to
go against, as of rules and laws
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unwillingness to tell lies
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
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a state or condition markedly different from the norm
difficult to penetrate
shrewdness shown by keen insight
2 Comments
18/18 Not only did I pass this test but I obliterated this test and humiliated it.
You got 8 out of 18!
At first glance, it looks easy right? But then you start second-guessing yourself and wonder, “Wait…no that’s not right. Or is it…?” These tough words seem to have gotten the better of you! Hopefully after this you will remember their correct meanings.