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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. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
dogmatic
enigma
belfry
phalanx
2. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
sentient
transitory
nuance
3. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
opaque
nascent
zeal
judicious
4. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
gestation
demagogue
articulate
gregarious
5. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
leery
hermetic
abeyance
repast
6. Influence or domination over
elegy
hegemony
apathy
intransigent
7. To choose not to do something
quotidian
repudiate
placate
abstain
8. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
symbiosis
hermetic
arbitrary
philistine
9. Growing in number quickly/spawn
catalyst
fallow
zenith
proliferate
10. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
impasse
catalyst
ingrate
pristine
11. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
antagonize
unconscionable
analogous
enigma
12. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
transitory
embellish
dogma
phalanx
13. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
articulate
obstinate
boor
14. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
deface
zenith
rustic
naiive
15. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
erratic
naiive
repose
ingratiate
16. Plastic/phony/pretentious
bombastic
lavish
affected
repose
17. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
impervious
overwrought
pajorative
Fanatical
18. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
audacious
banal
coalesce
wily
19. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
enigma
fallow
rustic
pristine
20. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
connoisseur
axiom
panache
lucid
21. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
liberal
meticulous
zenith
lament
22. Brilliant/glowing
vestige
aesthetic
slake
luminous
23. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
dirge
demagogue
intrepid
sentient
24. Easily aroused
venerable
deface
discern
volatile
25. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
debutante
axiom
malleable
quotidian
26. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
boor
chaos
knell
27. Book - usually large and academic
advocate
demagogue
tome
panache
28. To attack or assault - beset
Euphemism
assail
proliferate
opaque
29. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
convoluted
tirade
unconscionable
repast
30. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
austere
abeyance
veracity
grovel
31. To polish
whimsical
explicit
sportive
burnish
32. Set fire/excite
kindle
eloquent
venerable
Euphemism
33. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
unconscionable
gestation
liberal
34. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
pristine
archaic
wily
35. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
lament
enigma
innocuous
pajorative
36. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
waver
pariah
Amulet
transitory
37. Commute/replace/superceded
supplant
deference
veracity
abstain
38. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
monotony
zeal
lethargic
repose
39. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
tirade
belfry
leery
tangential
40. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
banal
judicious
prodigal
41. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
prodigal
jargon
Keen
intrepid
42. Pertaining to beauty
aesthetic
luminous
analogous
homogenous
43. Perceptive/sharp
dirge
Keen
surly
imbue
44. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
Euphemism
elegy
zeal
unequivocal
45. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
liberal
esoteric
nascent
dither
46. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
eloquent
intrepid
aerie
ingratiate
47. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
demagogue
surly
esoteric
debutante
48. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
intractable
leery
monotony
opaque
49. Social outcast
pariah
dogmatic
transitory
Amulet
50. Flamboyant/verve/dash
symbiosis
panache
vestige
prodigal