Words and Their Meanings Quiz

Words and Their Meanings

• Abeyance: A temporary suspension.
• Ambivalent: Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something.
• Beleaguer: To trouble or harass someone, often with many problems or difficulties.
• Carte blanche: Complete freedom to act as one chooses.
• Cataclysm: A large-scale, violent event.
• Debauch: A wild party or period of excessive indulgence.
• Éclat: Brilliant success or achievement, often with noticeable display.
• Fastidious: Showing great attention to detail; very particular.
• Gambol: To frolic or play in a lighthearted, carefree manner.
• Imbue: To inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality.
• Inchoate: Just begun; incomplete; rudimentary.
• Lampoon: A harsh satire or ridicule.
• Malleable: Capable of being shaped or altered.
• Nemesis: A powerful and often inevitable opponent or source of downfall.
• Opt: To choose to do something.
• Philistine: A person who is uncultured or indifferent to art and culture.
• Picaresque: Characterized by roguish adventures or a series of misadventures.
• Queasy: Feeling sick or nauseous.
• Refractory: Resisting control or treatment.
• Savoir-faire: The ability to deal effectively with people in social situations; tact.
• Aberration: A departure from what is normal.
• Ad hoc: For a specific purpose only; improvised
• Bane: A source of great trouble or destruction.
• Bathos: A sudden descent from elevated tone to a commonplace or trivial one.
• Cantankerous: Bad-tempered and argumentative.
• Casuistry: The use of sophisticated reasoning in the defense of questionable practices.
• De facto: In practice; in fact, though not officially.
• Depredation: An act of violence or destruction.
• Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
• Harbinger: A person or thing that foreshadows a future event.
• Hedonism: The pursuit of pleasure.
• Lackluster: Lacking energy or enthusiasm.
• Malcontent: Dissatisfied; complaining.
• Mellifluous: Sweet and musical in sound.
• Nepotism: Favoritism shown to relatives or friends.
• Pander: To cater to the wishes or desires of someone, often in a way regarded as immoral.
• Peccadillo: A minor offense or sin.
• Pièce de résistance: The most impressive or important part of something.
• Remand: To send back (a prisoner) to custody.
• Syndrome: A group of symptoms that consistently occur together.
• Avatar: A person or thing representing a larger idea or group.
• Beatitude: State of blessedness; extreme happiness.
• Bête noire: A person or thing that one dislikes intensely.
• Bode: To be a sign or warning of.
• Dank: Damp and unpleasantly cold.
• Ecumenical: Appealing to a broad range of people; unifying.
• Fervid: Characterized by intense emotion.
• Fetid: Having a foul or offensive smell.
• Gargantuan: Enormous.
• Heyday: A period of peak prosperity or success.
• Incubus: A nightmare that weighs someone down.
• Infrastructure: The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities.
• Inveigle: To obtain something by shrewd persuasion or trickery.
• Kudos: Praise or thanks for something done well.
• Lagniappe: A small extra gift or bonus.
• Prolix: Long-winded; talkative.
• Protégé: A person under the care, patronage, or protection of another.
• Sycophant: A person who praises someone excessively to gain favor.
• Tautology: Needless repetition of an idea using different words.
• Truckle: To submit to someone or something in a subservient way.

Test your vocabulary with this quiz on various challenging words and their meanings. From 'abeyance' to 'philistine', discover how well you know these terms and their nuances. Perfect for anyone looking to enhance their language skills!