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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Coalesce - fuse
dirge
catalyst
posit
amalgamate
2. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
listless
imbue
gullible
lucid
3. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
tome
abyss
pajorative
antagonize
4. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
catalyst
whimsical
lucid
opaque
5. A trace of something that once was present
vestige
knell
unequivocal
Keen
6. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
plucky
lament
axiom
prudence
7. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
discern
eloquent
plucky
assail
8. Caution/thrift/widom
overwrought
prudence
arbitrary
pariah
9. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
placate
bombastic
deface
grovel
10. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
erratic
inundate
plucky
11. Pertaining to beauty
statis
aesthetic
intrepid
abstain
12. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
symbiosis
analogous
lethargic
ingratiate
13. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
demagogue
knell
intrepid
tirade
14. Excess
assail
obstinate
plethora
impasse
15. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
rustic
opaque
aesthetic
gestation
16. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
dilettante
ingratiate
debutante
malleable
17. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
nascent
latent
arbitrary
sentient
18. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
veracity
tirade
intractable
19. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
tirade
monotony
quotidian
articulate
20. Make impure/debase
invective
Euphemism
debutante
adulterate
21. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
transitory
sully
lethargic
deference
22. An investigation or inquiry
latent
venerable
inquest
gestation
23. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
bombastic
phalanx
pungent
adulterate
24. Perceptive/sharp
Keen
lament
homogenous
slake
25. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
audacious
placate
quotidian
waver
26. Set fire/excite
transitory
aerie
insurrection
kindle
27. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
Amulet
nuance
jettison
prudence
28. Altruism/ charity
philantropy
paradox
jettison
acme
29. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
unconscionable
phalanx
dogmatic
dither
30. Relaxation - tranquility
eulogy
pristine
repose
pungent
31. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
tangential
hegemony
aesthetic
32. Theft of property
larceny
whimsical
terrestrial
panache
33. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
stratagem
enigma
wraith
wily
34. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
repast
phalanx
imbue
adulterate
35. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
obstinate
tome
symbiosis
36. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
aerie
coalesce
pristine
crescendo
37. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
supplant
slake
discern
nascent
38. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...
supplant
dilettante
lucid
pungent
39. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
vacillate
convoluted
venerable
dirge
40. Suggest - propose an explanation
abstain
lament
posit
tirade
41. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
latent
tome
ambiguous
articulate
42. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
chaos
fallow
audacious
jettison
43. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
lament
jargon
frugality
ingratiate
44. Influence or domination over
hegemony
judicious
unconscionable
gullible
45. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
crescendo
lethargic
lament
transitory
46. Easily aroused
volatile
invective
chaos
philistine
47. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
larceny
disparate
plethora
abeyance
48. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
inundate
pajorative
inquest
jargon
49. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
unconscionable
pristine
embellish
sully
50. Rebellion - mutiny
insurrection
archaic
advocate
esoteric