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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
statis
gregarious
sentient
debutante
2. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
deface
gestation
heterogeneous
imbue
3. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
slake
listless
prudence
debutante
4. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
opaque
dither
invective
impasse
5. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
arbitrary
lucid
elegy
apathy
6. An investigation or inquiry
crescendo
inquest
arbitrary
banal
7. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
volatile
surly
posit
8. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
knell
explicit
wraith
unequivocal
9. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
stigma
amalgamate
ambiguous
repudiate
10. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
tome
zenith
aesthetic
meticulous
11. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
philantropy
ingrate
waver
aesthetic
12. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
convoluted
repudiate
dither
axiom
13. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
burnish
listless
permeate
intractable
14. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
invective
polemic
imbue
archaic
15. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
itinerant
elegy
liberal
ingrate
16. Growing in number quickly/spawn
zeal
lucid
tirade
proliferate
17. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
stratagem
sportive
slake
18. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
naiive
tirade
zeal
articulate
19. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
arbitrate
unconscionable
judicious
nuance
20. Pertaining to beauty
hermetic
repose
lavish
aesthetic
21. Mark of disgrace
stigma
connoisseur
audacious
antagonize
22. Bucolic - rural
plucky
rustic
dogma
inundate
23. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
enigma
deface
impervious
opaque
24. Brilliant/glowing
nascent
dirge
knell
luminous
25. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
amalgamate
Keen
coalesce
dirge
26. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
philistine
latent
disparate
imbue
27. Effective writing or speaking
rhetoric
malleable
tangential
inundate
28. Clever - deceptive
innocuous
connoisseur
wily
malleable
29. Funeral bell/ omen of death
lucid
Euphemism
knell
obstinate
30. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
dogma
zeal
chaos
arbitrate
31. Caution/thrift/widom
acme
banal
eloquent
prudence
32. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
analogous
gregarious
statis
convoluted
33. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
disparate
grovel
obstinate
amalgamate
34. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
deference
dirge
inundate
dogma
35. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
meticulous
rustic
debutante
36. To attack or assault - beset
assail
intrepid
ingrate
abstain
37. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
esoteric
obstinate
ingenuous
vestige
38. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
pajorative
enigma
debutante
demagogue
39. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
esoteric
itinerant
gestation
bombastic
40. Perceptive/sharp
sentient
Keen
inundate
sully
41. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
Euphemism
grovel
alleviate
42. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
venerable
bombastic
intrepid
43. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
verbose
archaic
bombastic
elegy
44. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
plucky
malleable
nuance
dirge
45. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
hermetic
aerie
Amulet
impervious
46. Wandering and unpredictable
paradox
erratic
ingrate
itinerant
47. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
gestation
grovel
wraith
repast
48. Self contradictory
symbiosis
paradox
dogma
innocuous
49. Set fire/excite
lucid
kindle
symbiosis
inquest
50. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
wily
pristine
latent
vacillate