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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.
Amerce
Aplomb
Amenity
Ambrosial
 
2 of 13
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
Hapless
Halcyon
Hackneyed
Hegemonic
 
3 of 13
A pithy expression that states a general truth or moral principle.
Aphorism
Anodyne
Anathema
Antediluvian
 
4 of 13
Feeding on both animals and plants.
Omnivorous
Amorphous
Ossified
Anthropomorphic
 
5 of 13
To renounce under oath; forswear
Abridge
Abjure
Abdicate
Abscond
 
6 of 13
Marked by extreme care in treatment of details.
Felicitous
Feral
Fastidious
Fatuous
 
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Predicted to be especially significant or important in the future.
Portentous
Plebeian
Peremptory
Plangent
 
8 of 13
Of or relating to the sense of taste.
Auditory
Olfactory
Gustatory
Tactile
 
9 of 13
A type of print made by drawing an image onto a stone or metal plate
Lithograph
Lapidary
Levigate
Legerdemain
 
10 of 13
To soften or disintegrate by means of a solvent; to cause to disappear.
Elucidate
Efface
Agglutinate
Elute
 
11 of 13
A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
Epitome
Ethos
Eponym
Euphemism
 
12 of 13
A refusal to comply or cooperate.
Recompense
Reconciliation
Recalcitrance
Reciprocity
 
13 of 13
A person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
Jocular
Juggernaut
Jingoist
Juvenile
 
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