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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. To expand like a woman in labor
paradox
lucid
Dilate
ambiguous
2. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
panache
hyperbole
repudiate
judicious
3. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
veracity
eulogy
Amulet
unconscionable
4. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
sentient
volatile
proliferate
Euphemism
5. To choose not to do something
leery
abstain
connoisseur
Amulet
6. Respected because of age
venerable
prudence
ingratiate
slake
7. To attack or assault - beset
sentient
convoluted
assail
analogous
8. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
Fanatical
discern
archaic
coalesce
9. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
imbue
permeate
intransigent
knell
10. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
discern
placate
frugality
eloquent
11. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
Amulet
tirade
ingenuous
adulterate
12. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
demagogue
pajorative
Euphemism
latent
13. To perceive or recognize
fallow
discern
vestige
dither
14. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
hermetic
latent
listless
adulterate
15. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
naiive
latent
waver
connoisseur
16. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
arbitrary
zenith
lucid
prudence
17. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
monotony
gullible
naiive
unconscionable
18. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
liberal
esoteric
imbue
apathy
19. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
opaque
prudence
leery
ambiguous
20. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
hyperbole
hegemony
stigma
vacillate
21. Deep hole
monotony
ingenuous
abyss
meticulous
22. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
stigma
inundate
lethargic
embellish
23. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
meticulous
frugality
eulogy
larceny
24. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
rhetoric
austere
ingratiate
malleable
25. Old/antique/bygone/stale
venerable
ingrate
archaic
boor
26. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
dogma
placate
judicious
impervious
27. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
wraith
homogenous
slake
lucid
28. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
sentient
invective
repast
hermetic
29. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
pajorative
statis
zeal
whimsical
30. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
intransigent
plucky
pungent
naiive
31. Suggest - propose an explanation
enigma
philistine
posit
belfry
32. Flamboyant/verve/dash
prodigal
inundate
panache
vestige
33. Clever - deceptive
wily
advocate
banal
Fanatical
34. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
pristine
disparate
catalyst
sentient
35. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
statis
catalyst
explicit
impasse
36. Social outcast
pariah
burnish
knell
amalgamate
37. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
tirade
jettison
bombastic
enigma
38. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
hegemony
liberal
boor
unequivocal
39. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
repose
invective
axiom
aesthetic
40. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
ethos
bombastic
affected
debutante
41. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
dirge
overwrought
aesthetic
transitory
42. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
intrepid
analogous
prudence
gestation
43. Altruism/ charity
philantropy
panache
chaos
archaic
44. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
austere
belfry
intractable
intransigent
45. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
pungent
philistine
hermetic
46. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
jettison
pungent
hermetic
47. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
volatile
arbitrary
dogma
48. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
nascent
insurrection
debutante
austere
49. Commute/replace/superceded
jargon
belfry
analogous
supplant
50. Bucolic - rural
enigma
rustic
deference
sportive