Vocabulary Marathon

Prepare yourself for an intellectual expedition through the world's trickiest words—from just uncommon words to the truly rare! This quiz offers 25 questions organized into five gripping sections, each one more challenging than the last. A . A single error will make you restart the highest level you've achieved. Sharpen your wits; it's time to see if you're a true lexicon master. Your challenge awaits...
 
1
Welcome to Level 1!
LET'S GO!
 
2
Ebullient
Extremely enthusiastic or vivacious
Highly detailed
Dark and gloomy
Dry and parched
 
3
Iconoclast
An instrument for viewing distant objects
One who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
A waterborne parasite
A timekeeping device
 
4
Salubrious
Filled with regret
Promoting health or well-being
Filled with water
Salty
 
5
Recalcitrant
Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority
Being respectful and polite to those older than you
Highly reactive person
A person with a highly detailed memory
 
6
Elocution
A period of time spent in silence
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
A method of allocating resources
The process of electing a representative
 
7
Welcome to Level 2!
 
8
Munificent
Relating to the moon or lunar activity
Mournful or sorrowful
More generous than is usual or necessary
Combative or confrontational
 
9
Pusillanimous
Puzzling
Related to pus or infection
Highly educated
Showing a lack of courage or determination
 
10
Ersatz
Made or used as a substitute
Highly flammable
Filled with energy
Radioactive
 
11
Perspicuous
Highly educated
Clearly expressed and easily understood
Suspicious
Perceptive
 
12
Mellifluous
Large in size or scope
Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
Abundantly fruitful
Resembling or full of honey
 
13
Welcome to Level 3!
 
14
Plenary
Unqualified; absolute
Pertaining to evening
Filled with complaints
A type of voting process
 
15
Rapacious
Relating to rapping or rap music
Aggressively greedy or grasping
Rhythmically complex
Quick to heal
 
16
Sesquipedalian
Filled with joy
Highly sensitive
Given to using long words
Relating to the sequence of a story
 
17
Surreptitious
Kept secret
Related to serpents or snakes
Suspicious
Surprisingly refreshing
 
18
Vicissitude
Highly viscous or sticky
A change of circumstances or fortune to the worst
Having the quality of being easy to see or notice
Related to vice or immoral activities
 
19
Welcome to Level 4!
 
20
Abrogate
To repeal or do away with a law
o elevate to a higher position
To bring about an arbitration
To introduce as a new law
 
21
Zephyr
A gentle, mild breeze
A type of flower
A high-speed train
An ancient weapon
 
22
Limerence
A measure of luminance
A state of intense romantic desire
A bitter taste
A condition of being limited in scope
 
23
Acerbic
Extremely sweet
Slow to move or act
Related to acrobatics
Harsh or severe in expression
 
24
Defenestration
The act of reducing something to its lowest point
The act of removing all defenses
The process of defining a term
The act of throwing someone out of a window
 
25
Welcome to Level 5, This is the last one!
 
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Hapless
Full of happiness and joy
Highly energetic
Unlucky or unfortunate
Skilled in navigation
 
27
Lachrymose
Extremely detailed
Tearful or given to weeping
Filled with laughter
Related to a lake or body of water
 
28
Pellucid
Extremely loud or deafening
Related to skin or complexion
Translucently clear
Given to or marked by a tendency to quarrel
 
29
Recondite
Repeating in a predictable manner
Highly receptive or welcoming
Relating to the recording of information
Little known; abstruse
 
30
Vituperative
Related to vitamins or nutrition
Bitter and abusive
Full of life and vitality
Displaying a strong sense of justice
Not time to quit yet!
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