Vocabulary and Synonyms

A challenge can be defined as a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or to prove something, which is synonymous with a 'dare'. The other options like 'nature' or 'smart' do not share this meaning. 'Fraud' is unrelated to the act of challenging.

An effigy is a sculpture or model of a person, often used to represent them in a symbolic way. Thus, 'likeness' is the correct synonym as it refers to a representation or image of someone. The other options like 'contrast' or 'persuade' are unrelated to physical representation.

A bruise is an injury appearing as an area of discolored skin on the body, which is medically referred to as a contusion.

To relinquish means to voluntarily cease to keep or claim; to give up, which is synonymous with to forego.

To dissuade means to persuade someone not to take a particular course of action, which is synonymous with to hinder or deter.

A fabrication is an invention or a lie, which is synonymous with a figment of the imagination.

Staid means sedate, respectable, and unadventurous, which is synonymous with sober.

Blundering refers to making a careless mistake, which is characteristic of being clumsy.

Mediocre means of only moderate quality; not very good, which is synonymous with inferior.

To attack means to take aggressive military action against a place or enemy forces. Invade is a synonym that specifically refers to entering a country or region with an armed force with the intent of conquering it.

Justness refers to the quality of being just or fair, which is synonymous with rightness.

Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses, which is synonymous with observation.

A tangle is a confused mass of something, which is synonymous with a maze.

 Austere means stern, strict, harsh and severe. In this sense, the word rigid is most closest in meaning.