Vocabulary Test: Can You Match Meaning to Word?

Welcome to this challenging vocabulary test designed to put your language skills to the ultimate test! This quiz is perfect for those who pride themselves on their extensive lexicon and are ready to face the most perplexing words the English language has to offer. Whether you're a voracious reader, an aspiring wordsmith, or a seasoned language enthusiast, prepare to be both entertained and challenged. In this test, we'll give you the meaning, and you must choose the correct word. Good luck!
 
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Definition: To lessen the intensity of something that is painful, severe, or oppressive.
Accentuate
Exacerbate
Aggravate
Alleviate
 
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Definition: A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
Philanthropist
Pundit
Polymath
Pedant
 
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Definition: The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.
Serendipity
Ephemera
Zeitgeist
Milieu
 
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Definition: A view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.
Existentialism
Impressionism
Solipsism
Nihilism
 
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Definition: To renounce a belief, cause, or claim, usually formally and publicly.
Abdicate
Abjure
Abrogate
Abstain
 
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Definition: Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
Laconic
Taciturn
Reticent
Garrulous
 
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Definition: A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
 
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Definition: The act of speaking about oneself or one's actions with undue pride and self-satisfaction.
Hubris
Vainglory
Modesty
Self-deprecation
 
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Definition: The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over the territory of another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Nationalism
Globalism
Colonialism
Imperialism
 
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Definition: The belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena.
Animism
Polytheism
Pantheism
Shamanism
 
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Definition: A word or expression that is used in a figurative sense, typically to make a comparison between two things that are not alike.
Analogy
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
 
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Definition: The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example, "suit" for "business executive" or "the track" for "horse racing."
Synecdoche
Alliteration
Personification
Metonymy
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