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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. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
stratagem
naiive
debutante
embellish
2. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
crescendo
unconscionable
affected
3. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
Euphemism
knell
hermetic
meticulous
4. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
latent
Fanatical
disparate
plucky
5. To choose not to do something
gestation
naiive
lavish
abstain
6. Frolicsome/ playful
dogmatic
verbose
crescendo
sportive
7. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
lethargic
abeyance
audacious
lament
8. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
insurrection
innocuous
tangential
embellish
9. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
affected
deference
pristine
eloquent
10. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
lethargic
waver
kindle
malleable
11. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
itinerant
Euphemism
larceny
jettison
12. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
gullible
permeate
venerable
hermetic
13. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
arbitrate
catalyst
ethos
placate
14. Sociable; fond of the company of others
gregarious
rustic
ethos
adulterate
15. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
vestige
audacious
elegy
terrestrial
16. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
repose
gestation
hegemony
esoteric
17. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
rhetoric
embellish
Amulet
18. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
plucky
symbiosis
intrepid
pervade
19. Make impure/debase
luminous
adulterate
philistine
proliferate
20. Brilliant/glowing
hermetic
zenith
luminous
lament
21. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
homogenous
dither
stigma
abstain
22. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
sentient
belfry
proliferate
burnish
23. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
waver
transitory
Fanatical
statis
24. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
tirade
hermetic
phalanx
audacious
25. Relaxation - tranquility
advocate
listless
repose
arbitrate
26. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
stigma
intrepid
verbose
27. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
inundate
unequivocal
burnish
dogma
28. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
pariah
eulogy
elegy
boor
29. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
discern
veracity
verbose
acme
30. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
vacillate
deface
polemic
dogmatic
31. Funeral bell/ omen of death
gullible
knell
luminous
tangential
32. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
permeate
dirge
jettison
innocuous
33. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
grovel
meticulous
impervious
jettison
34. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
stigma
surly
ethos
repast
35. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
innocuous
Amulet
connoisseur
gregarious
36. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
arbitrate
heterogeneous
frugality
knell
37. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
slake
rustic
antagonize
38. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
austere
Fanatical
surly
apathy
39. Turmoil/disorder
terrestrial
chaos
assail
nuance
40. Mark of disgrace
posit
stigma
tome
proliferate
41. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
naiive
obstinate
luminous
repast
42. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
assail
hyperbole
stigma
convoluted
43. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
judicious
rhetoric
bombastic
ambiguous
44. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
grovel
latent
transitory
rustic
45. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
crescendo
pajorative
pariah
gullible
46. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
assail
inquest
jargon
deference
47. Self contradictory
permeate
gullible
paradox
supplant
48. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
pajorative
frugality
Fanatical
49. Influence or domination over
hegemony
prodigal
dilettante
pariah
50. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
eloquent
hermetic
overwrought
surly