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Subjects
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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. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
lethargic
stigma
philantropy
intrepid
2. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
tirade
belfry
sportive
3. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
dither
imbue
terrestrial
4. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
fallow
inundate
connoisseur
stigma
5. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
naiive
opaque
nuance
transitory
6. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
larceny
tirade
austere
dither
7. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
disparate
opaque
crescendo
lethargic
8. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
convoluted
slake
ambiguous
leery
9. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
zenith
nuance
venerable
listless
10. Clever - deceptive
kindle
latent
lucid
wily
11. Excess
enigma
inundate
plethora
ingratiate
12. Sociable; fond of the company of others
axiom
placate
permeate
gregarious
13. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
aesthetic
imbue
nuance
philistine
14. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
unequivocal
abyss
catalyst
15. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
erratic
demagogue
dirge
itinerant
16. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
meticulous
panache
unequivocal
17. Deep hole
veracity
abyss
adulterate
tangential
18. Make impure/debase
aerie
adulterate
liberal
abstain
19. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
dirge
bombastic
naiive
affected
20. To perceive or recognize
insurrection
discern
pungent
ingratiate
21. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
veracity
elegy
lavish
pervade
22. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
austere
vacillate
repast
malleable
23. Rebellion - mutiny
hermetic
insurrection
explicit
quotidian
24. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
luminous
vacillate
overwrought
articulate
25. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
hegemony
wraith
jargon
unequivocal
26. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
unequivocal
prodigal
surly
Keen
27. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
abyss
itinerant
gestation
bombastic
28. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
enigma
catalyst
lament
wraith
29. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
gregarious
grovel
aesthetic
30. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
banal
stratagem
stigma
austere
31. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
apathy
demagogue
venerable
dirge
32. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
austere
monotony
terrestrial
burnish
33. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
adulterate
erratic
Fanatical
Dilate
34. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
convoluted
frugality
plucky
liberal
35. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
inquest
abeyance
zeal
embellish
36. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
sportive
abyss
demagogue
paradox
37. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
lament
aesthetic
leery
whimsical
38. Funeral bell/ omen of death
knell
axiom
arbitrate
dirge
39. Perceptive/sharp
prodigal
Keen
sportive
lethargic
40. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
jettison
alleviate
apathy
Fanatical
41. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
verbose
lethargic
intractable
bombastic
42. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
homogenous
zeal
symbiosis
permeate
43. Growing in number quickly/spawn
fallow
heterogeneous
tirade
proliferate
44. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
polemic
pungent
tangential
impervious
45. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
amalgamate
belfry
unconscionable
enigma
46. Influence or domination over
proliferate
arbitrary
impasse
hegemony
47. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
waver
volatile
abyss
judicious
48. To polish
burnish
sportive
philantropy
opaque
49. To choose not to do something
lament
abstain
tome
quotidian
50. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
rustic
judicious
dogma