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 โฆ Quiz Questions
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spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
tending to vanish like vapor
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hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
easily irritated or annoyed
a shackle for the ankles or feet
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a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
consisting of elements that are not of the same kind
attribute or credit to
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the quality of being honest and straightforward
play boisterously
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
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peculiar to the individual
not having enough money to pay for necessities
impossible to deny or disprove
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effusively or insincerely emotional
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
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the state of being held in low esteem
to cause to separate and go in different directions
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
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not easily borne; wearing
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
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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
characterized by lust
make impossible, especially beforehand
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a standard or typical example
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
a small or moderate or token amount
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excessively abundant
failing in what duty requires
attractively old-fashioned
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an authoritative request or demand
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
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the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
confidently optimistic and cheerful
plausible but false
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having a useful function
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
repeated too often; over-familiar through overuse
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go against, as of rules and laws
flattery intended to persuade
make sense of; assign a meaning to
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unwillingness to tell lies
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
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difficult to penetrate
shrewdness shown by keen insight
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
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