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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
coalesce
phalanx
boor
polemic
2. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
prudence
zenith
Dilate
3. Funeral bell/ omen of death
rustic
knell
antagonize
malleable
4. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
nascent
homogenous
intractable
inundate
5. Sociable; fond of the company of others
sentient
acme
gregarious
wily
6. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
hermetic
abstain
unequivocal
audacious
7. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
dirge
nascent
intractable
vacillate
8. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
vacillate
nuance
verbose
dirge
9. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
dogmatic
statis
axiom
transitory
10. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
chaos
fallow
debutante
pristine
11. Self contradictory
archaic
paradox
antagonize
wily
12. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
repast
whimsical
hegemony
dirge
13. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
supplant
impervious
affected
lucid
14. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
elegy
jettison
unequivocal
itinerant
15. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
sportive
jettison
boor
luminous
16. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
ingenuous
Euphemism
esoteric
repast
17. Clever - deceptive
wily
symbiosis
kindle
dogmatic
18. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
insurrection
articulate
burnish
kindle
19. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
arbitrary
deface
prudence
20. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
vacillate
audacious
esoteric
transitory
21. Rebellion - mutiny
insurrection
axiom
vacillate
apathy
22. Commute/replace/superceded
impervious
ingratiate
hermetic
supplant
23. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
adulterate
assail
pristine
stratagem
24. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
enigma
sully
hermetic
impervious
25. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
jargon
lethargic
advocate
ethos
26. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
dirge
stratagem
belfry
Fanatical
27. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
abeyance
placate
dogmatic
wily
28. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
nuance
whimsical
transitory
larceny
29. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
elegy
articulate
judicious
embellish
30. Theft of property
larceny
wraith
ambiguous
grievous
31. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
kindle
zenith
aerie
opaque
32. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
latent
heterogeneous
analogous
catalyst
33. Suggest - propose an explanation
bombastic
lament
posit
nascent
34. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
elegy
ingenuous
arbitrary
dilettante
35. Wandering and unpredictable
abstain
acme
erratic
deference
36. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
listless
apathy
axiom
coalesce
37. Growing in number quickly/spawn
proliferate
alleviate
leery
Amulet
38. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
larceny
zenith
imbue
impervious
39. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dogma
rhetoric
itinerant
lament
40. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
archaic
debutante
crescendo
volatile
41. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
adulterate
terrestrial
naiive
zeal
42. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
homogenous
gullible
chaos
overwrought
43. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
hyperbole
statis
nascent
dogmatic
44. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
hyperbole
ingratiate
vacillate
imbue
45. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
waver
grievous
larceny
rhetoric
46. Bucolic - rural
rustic
pungent
verbose
acme
47. Pertaining to beauty
judicious
austere
aesthetic
waver
48. Easily aroused
plethora
belfry
volatile
hermetic
49. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
abeyance
repast
pervade
elegy
50. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
arbitrary
grievous
embellish
prodigal