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Welcome to our Advanced Vocabulary Challenge! This unique quiz contains 13 carefully selected questions, each designed to expand your knowledge of rare and less commonly used words. Whether you're a logophile seeking to enhance your linguistic repertoire, or just looking to challenge yourself, this test provides the perfect opportunity. Get ready to dive into the depths of the English language - let's see how many you know...
 
1 of 13
Of or pertaining to the pleasantness of a place, climate, etc.
Aplomb
Amenity
Amerce
Ambrosial
 
2 of 13
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
Hegemonic
Halcyon
Hackneyed
Hapless
 
3 of 13
A pithy expression that states a general truth or moral principle.
Antediluvian
Anathema
Aphorism
Anodyne
 
4 of 13
Feeding on both animals and plants.
Amorphous
Omnivorous
Ossified
Anthropomorphic
 
5 of 13
To renounce under oath; forswear
Abdicate
Abjure
Abridge
Abscond
 
6 of 13
Marked by extreme care in treatment of details.
Fatuous
Feral
Fastidious
Felicitous
 
7 of 13
Predicted to be especially significant or important in the future.
Plangent
Plebeian
Peremptory
Portentous
 
8 of 13
Of or relating to the sense of taste.
Auditory
Tactile
Gustatory
Olfactory
 
9 of 13
A type of print made by drawing an image onto a stone or metal plate
Lithograph
Lapidary
Legerdemain
Levigate
 
10 of 13
To soften or disintegrate by means of a solvent; to cause to disappear.
Efface
Elucidate
Elute
Agglutinate
 
11 of 13
A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
Ethos
Epitome
Eponym
Euphemism
 
12 of 13
A refusal to comply or cooperate.
Reconciliation
Recalcitrance
Reciprocity
Recompense
 
13 of 13
A person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
Jingoist
Jocular
Juggernaut
Juvenile
 
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