Advanced Vocabulary Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Hard Words

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Match the following words with their meanings:

Kowtow = Act in an excessively subservient manner Lambent = Softly bright or radiant Languid = Displaying a disinclination for physical exertion Loquacious = Tending to talk a great deal

Match the following words with their meanings:

Libation = A drink poured out as an offering Lineage = Lineal descent from an ancestor Ludicrous = So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place Lugubrious = Looking or sounding sad and dismal

Match the following words with their meanings:

Luminary = One who is notable in a particular field Maelstrom = A powerful whirlpool in the sea or river Manacle = A metal band or shackle for fastening hands or ankles Labyrinthine = Like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting

Match the following words with their meanings:

Languid = Displaying a disinclination for physical exertion Lambent = Softly bright or radiant Lugubrious = Looking or sounding sad and dismal Loquacious = Tending to talk a great deal Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their meanings:

Kowtow = Act in an excessively subservient manner Libation = A drink poured out as an offering Lineage = Lineal descent from an ancestor Ludicrous = So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their meanings:

Luminary = One who is notable in a particular field Maelstrom = A powerful whirlpool in the sea or river Manacle = A metal band or shackle for fastening hands or ankles Labyrinthine = Like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their meanings:

Masticate = to exclude from a group or to vanish Ostracize = to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew Metamorphosis = a transformation or a marked alteration Nadir = the lowest point Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their meanings:

Monolith = a single large stone, often in a form of a column or monument Nodule = a small lump Obdurate = stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action Obsequious = obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their meanings:

Opulent = rich in appearance, showing great wealth Oscillate = to move repeatedly from side to side or up and down between two points, or to vary between two states or amounts, or feelings or opinions Ovation = a sustained and enthusiastic show of appreciation from an audience, especially by means of applause Ostracize = to exclude from a group or to vanish Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their meanings:

Panorama = an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer Paraphernalia = miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity Pariah = an outcast Parochial = relating to a church parish Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their meanings:

Penurious = extremely poor, poverty-stricken Pilfer = steal (typically things of relatively little value) Pinion = the outer part of a bird’s wing including the flight feathers Panorama = an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer Signup and view all the answers

Match the following words with their meanings:

Mellifluous = (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear Mausoleum = a large elaborate tomb Metamorphosis = a transformation or a marked alteration Monolith = a single large stone, often in a form of a column or monument Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Vocabulary Words

Kowtow: to act in an excessively subservient manner
Labyrinthine: (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting
Lambent: softly bright or radiant
Languid: (of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort
Libation: a drink poured out as an offering to a deity

More Vocabulary Words

Lineage: lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree
Loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative
Ludicrous: so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous
Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal
Luminary: one whose notable in a particular field

Vocabulary Words Continued

Maelstrom: a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river
Manacle: a metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles
Masticate: to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
Mausoleum: a large elaborate tomb
Mellifluous: (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear

Vocabulary Words Continued

Metamorphosis: a transformation or a marked alteration
Monolith: a single large stone, often in a form of a column or monument
Nadir: the lowest point
Nocturnal: pertaining to the night, or active at night
Nodule: a small lump

Vocabulary Words Continued

Obdurate: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
Obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
Opulent: rich in appearance, showing great wealth
Oscillate: to move repeatedly from side to side or up and down between two points
Ostracize: to exclude from a group or to vanish

Vocabulary Words Continued

Ovation: a sustained and enthusiastic show of appreciation from an audience
Panorama: an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer
Paraphernalia: miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity
Pariah: an outcast
Parochial: relating to a church parish