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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
sully
philantropy
ethos
burnish
2. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
sportive
ambiguous
coalesce
philistine
3. To polish
connoisseur
repudiate
ingenuous
burnish
4. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
larceny
hermetic
audacious
impasse
5. Suggest - propose an explanation
overwrought
explicit
posit
Amulet
6. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
rhetoric
naiive
larceny
luminous
7. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
burnish
inquest
disparate
8. Old/antique/bygone/stale
vestige
archaic
intrepid
judicious
9. Make impure/debase
listless
pungent
bombastic
adulterate
10. Funeral bell/ omen of death
hyperbole
intransigent
knell
explicit
11. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
amalgamate
antagonize
intractable
eloquent
12. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
overwrought
placate
grievous
arbitrary
13. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
terrestrial
nascent
axiom
stratagem
14. An investigation or inquiry
inquest
lethargic
abyss
unconscionable
15. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
vacillate
lethargic
statis
embellish
16. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
intractable
knell
placate
dither
17. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
banal
grovel
surly
zeal
18. To choose not to do something
prudence
ingenuous
zeal
abstain
19. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
crescendo
heterogeneous
sportive
lucid
20. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
sully
placate
lavish
debutante
21. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repudiate
ingratiate
placate
Dilate
22. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
philistine
amalgamate
pungent
belfry
23. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
philantropy
prudence
unconscionable
24. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
apathy
hegemony
abstain
25. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
verbose
plucky
repast
latent
26. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
polemic
malleable
ambiguous
phalanx
27. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
sully
rustic
jargon
archaic
28. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
whimsical
convoluted
gregarious
abyss
29. Book - usually large and academic
intrepid
intransigent
tome
arbitrary
30. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
posit
arbitrate
arbitrary
aesthetic
31. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
whimsical
lavish
stigma
32. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
gregarious
wraith
statis
hyperbole
33. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
philistine
pungent
demagogue
dither
34. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
monotony
imbue
impervious
intrepid
35. Relaxation - tranquility
erratic
repose
chaos
judicious
36. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
dogmatic
audacious
sentient
tome
37. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
abeyance
meticulous
erratic
38. Perceptive/sharp
vacillate
zenith
Keen
plucky
39. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
ingrate
quotidian
crescendo
ethos
40. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
permeate
kindle
symbiosis
insurrection
41. Set fire/excite
sportive
kindle
impervious
obstinate
42. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
axiom
kindle
lucid
dither
43. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dogma
latent
abeyance
audacious
44. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
amalgamate
plucky
dogma
audacious
45. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
banal
ethos
polemic
fallow
46. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
Euphemism
tirade
Amulet
zenith
47. Mark of disgrace
polemic
liberal
stigma
nuance
48. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
volatile
disparate
innocuous
homogenous
49. Respected because of age
homogenous
gestation
venerable
meticulous
50. Excess
arbitrary
wily
plethora
invective