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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
antagonize
kindle
polemic
impasse
2. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
repast
catalyst
monotony
crescendo
3. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
austere
Fanatical
gregarious
intrepid
4. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
symbiosis
itinerant
statis
axiom
5. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
nascent
opaque
connoisseur
prudence
6. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
bombastic
impasse
opaque
heterogeneous
7. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
adulterate
chaos
phalanx
Fanatical
8. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
luminous
nuance
larceny
9. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
connoisseur
intransigent
analogous
amalgamate
10. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
alleviate
ambiguous
plucky
naiive
11. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
judicious
eulogy
abyss
pajorative
12. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
vestige
permeate
analogous
dogma
13. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
terrestrial
axiom
chaos
repose
14. Commute/replace/superceded
pristine
proliferate
supplant
phalanx
15. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
amalgamate
tangential
articulate
archaic
16. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
lament
demagogue
verbose
supplant
17. A trace of something that once was present
intransigent
luminous
impasse
vestige
18. Set fire/excite
frugality
kindle
leery
pungent
19. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
boor
ambiguous
invective
demagogue
20. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
ingratiate
debutante
aesthetic
ambiguous
21. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
gullible
intractable
austere
arbitrate
22. Theft of property
grovel
larceny
erratic
liberal
23. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
intractable
symbiosis
eulogy
zenith
24. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
jargon
amalgamate
esoteric
sully
25. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
homogenous
austere
pungent
Dilate
26. 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 ...
lucid
erratic
apathy
Keen
27. To choose not to do something
placate
abstain
enigma
plethora
28. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
invective
polemic
crescendo
rustic
29. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
acme
grovel
heterogeneous
jargon
30. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
placate
deference
tome
apathy
31. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
wraith
banal
enigma
32. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
hermetic
slake
obstinate
polemic
33. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
stratagem
assail
enigma
34. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
rhetoric
aerie
overwrought
Dilate
35. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
alleviate
affected
hermetic
archaic
36. Turmoil/disorder
knell
Dilate
chaos
amalgamate
37. Altruism/ charity
heterogeneous
burnish
quotidian
philantropy
38. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
axiom
wraith
monotony
lament
39. Perceptive/sharp
audacious
stratagem
Keen
statis
40. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
abyss
pajorative
bombastic
polemic
41. Frolicsome/ playful
dirge
jargon
amalgamate
sportive
42. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
pajorative
Fanatical
lavish
placate
43. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
coalesce
zeal
sully
ambiguous
44. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
monotony
affected
itinerant
dogmatic
45. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
grievous
hyperbole
articulate
axiom
46. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
aesthetic
luminous
hegemony
ethos
47. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
liberal
permeate
malleable
waver
48. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
nascent
inquest
lavish
ingenuous
49. Pertaining to beauty
malleable
aesthetic
vestige
convoluted
50. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
surly
frugality
plethora
homogenous