Vocabulary Quiz: Understanding Advanced Words

Vocabulary

• Iconoclastic: destroying or rejecting traditional beliefs or institutions
• Salacious: sexually suggestive or indecent
• Solipsistic: extremely self-centered, with an inflated sense of self-importance
• Esoteric: intended for or understood by a select group of people
• Avant-garde: experimental, innovative, and often unconventional
• Neurotic: excessively anxious or emotionally unstable
• Gregarious: fond of the company of others, sociable
• Misanthropy: a strong dislike or distrust of people
• Oneiric: relating to dreams or the subconscious
• Inertia: a tendency to do nothing or maintain the status quo
• Incendiary: capable of causing conflict or stirring up strong emotions
• Largesse: generosity, liberality
• Frenetic: fast-paced, chaotic, and often frantic
• Paean: a song or hymn of praise
• Ancillary: providing supplementary or additional support
• Lascivious: lustful, suggestive, or indecent
• Sans: without, lacking
• Avail: to help, benefit, or be of use
• Malodorous: having a foul or unpleasant smell
• Fetid: having a foul, unpleasant smell
• Asinine: foolish, stupid, or ridiculous
• Serendipitous: happy or fortunate accidents, discoveries made by chance
• Ubiquitous: widespread, found everywhere
• Pariah: an outcast, a social outcast
• Altruistic: unselfish, showing concern for the welfare of others
• Perspicacity: keen understanding and insight
• Mendicancy: the practice of begging
• Asceticism: abstinence from sensual pleasure
• Skerric: a small or insignificant amount
• Pulchritudinous: beautiful, attractive
• Aptronym: a name that suits its owner's occupation or characteristics
• Sycophantic: excessively flattering, trying to gain favor
• Epicurean: pursuing pleasure, sensual enjoyment
• Monition: a warning, caution, or alarm
• Progeny: offspring, descendants
• Superfluous: unnecessary, excessive, or redundant
• Enigmatic: mysterious, difficult to understand
• Provocative: stimulating, provocative, or alluring
• Indolent: slothful, lazy, or inactive
• Opulent: wealthy, luxurious, or extravagant
• Impotent: helpless, powerless, or ineffective
• Conflagration: a large, intense fire
• Reticent: uncommunicative, unwilling to open up
• Defenestration: the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
• Penchant: a strong inclination or preference
• Proselytise: to convert someone from one belief to another
• Perturb: to disturb or unsettle
• Apocryphal: of doubtful authenticity, possibly false
• Pyrrhic victory: a victory that comes at great cost, tantamount to defeat
• Tantamount: equivalent in seriousness or effect
• Monomaniacal: obsessed with one idea or subject
• Surreptitiously: secretly, stealthily
• Frenetic: fast-paced, frantic, and often chaotic
• Bucolic: rural, peaceful, and picturesque
• Pervasive: widespread, prevalent, or universal
• Machiavellian: cunning, scheming, and deceitful
• Neophyte: a beginner, novice, or newcomer
• Pictogram: a symbol that represents an object or concept through visual resemblance
• Ideogram: a symbol that represents an idea or concept without providing a sound
• Percipient: having a sensitive and intuitive understanding
• Metonym: a word or phrase used to represent something else

Miscellaneous

• Xenos: stranger and friend in Greek
• Sartorial: relating to tailoring or clothing, especially elegant or fashionable
• Convivial: pleasant, enjoyable, and social
• Terra incognito: unknown or unexplored territory
• Detritus: decaying or dead matter that sinks to the bottom
• Gratuitous: uncalled for, unjustified, or unnecessary
• Facetious: humorous, witty, or playful
• Heuristic: enabling discovery or learning through experience
• Inimical: causing harm, hostile, or opposed
• Anathema: something or someone strongly disliked or opposed

Vocabulary

• Iconoclastic: destroying or rejecting traditional beliefs or institutions
• Salacious: sexually suggestive or indecent
• Solipsistic: extremely self-centered, with an inflated sense of self-importance
• Esoteric: intended for or understood by a select group of people
• Avant-garde: experimental, innovative, and often unconventional
• Neurotic: excessively anxious or emotionally unstable
• Gregarious: fond of the company of others, sociable
• Misanthropy: a strong dislike or distrust of people
• Oneiric: relating to dreams or the subconscious
• Inertia: a tendency to do nothing or maintain the status quo
• Incendiary: capable of causing conflict or stirring up strong emotions
• Largesse: generosity, liberality
• Frenetic: fast-paced, chaotic, and often frantic
• Paean: a song or hymn of praise
• Ancillary: providing supplementary or additional support
• Lascivious: lustful, suggestive, or indecent
• Sans: without, lacking
• Avail: to help, benefit, or be of use
• Malodorous: having a foul or unpleasant smell
• Fetid: having a foul, unpleasant smell
• Asinine: foolish, stupid, or ridiculous
• Serendipitous: happy or fortunate accidents, discoveries made by chance
• Ubiquitous: widespread, found everywhere
• Pariah: an outcast, a social outcast
• Altruistic: unselfish, showing concern for the welfare of others
• Perspicacity: keen understanding and insight
• Mendicancy: the practice of begging
• Asceticism: abstinence from sensual pleasure
• Skerric: a small or insignificant amount
• Pulchritudinous: beautiful, attractive
• Aptronym: a name that suits its owner's occupation or characteristics
• Sycophantic: excessively flattering, trying to gain favor
• Epicurean: pursuing pleasure, sensual enjoyment
• Monition: a warning, caution, or alarm
• Progeny: offspring, descendants
• Superfluous: unnecessary, excessive, or redundant
• Enigmatic: mysterious, difficult to understand
• Provocative: stimulating, provocative, or alluring
• Indolent: slothful, lazy, or inactive
• Opulent: wealthy, luxurious, or extravagant
• Impotent: helpless, powerless, or ineffective
• Conflagration: a large, intense fire
• Reticent: uncommunicative, unwilling to open up
• Defenestration: the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
• Penchant: a strong inclination or preference
• Proselytise: to convert someone from one belief to another
• Perturb: to disturb or unsettle
• Apocryphal: of doubtful authenticity, possibly false
• Pyrrhic victory: a victory that comes at great cost, tantamount to defeat
• Tantamount: equivalent in seriousness or effect
• Monomaniacal: obsessed with one idea or subject
• Surreptitiously: secretly, stealthily
• Frenetic: fast-paced, frantic, and often chaotic
• Bucolic: rural, peaceful, and picturesque
• Pervasive: widespread, prevalent, or universal
• Machiavellian: cunning, scheming, and deceitful
• Neophyte: a beginner, novice, or newcomer
• Pictogram: a symbol that represents an object or concept through visual resemblance
• Ideogram: a symbol that represents an idea or concept without providing a sound
• Percipient: having a sensitive and intuitive understanding
• Metonym: a word or phrase used to represent something else

Miscellaneous

• Xenos: stranger and friend in Greek
• Sartorial: relating to tailoring or clothing, especially elegant or fashionable
• Convivial: pleasant, enjoyable, and social
• Terra incognito: unknown or unexplored territory
• Detritus: decaying or dead matter that sinks to the bottom
• Gratuitous: uncalled for, unjustified, or unnecessary
• Facetious: humorous, witty, or playful
• Heuristic: enabling discovery or learning through experience
• Inimical: causing harm, hostile, or opposed
• Anathema: something or someone strongly disliked or opposed

Test your knowledge of complex vocabulary with this quiz, covering words such as iconoclastic, salacious, and esoteric. Improve your language skills and learn new words!