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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Perceptive/sharp
larceny
Keen
zeal
insurrection
2. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
lament
eulogy
aesthetic
disparate
3. Altruism/ charity
banal
philantropy
grievous
deference
4. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
deface
bombastic
austere
lavish
5. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
bombastic
homogenous
inundate
rhetoric
6. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
belfry
naiive
jargon
sully
7. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
vacillate
axiom
impervious
panache
8. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
frugality
banal
jettison
pajorative
9. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
gullible
impasse
intrepid
jettison
10. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
archaic
advocate
frugality
11. A trace of something that once was present
vestige
jargon
boor
embellish
12. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
dirge
dilettante
catalyst
disparate
13. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
sentient
pungent
Fanatical
meticulous
14. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repudiate
insurrection
articulate
erratic
15. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
repast
lucid
wily
erratic
16. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
plucky
placate
arbitrary
audacious
17. Mark of disgrace
jettison
affected
stigma
phalanx
18. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
zeal
naiive
elegy
19. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
impervious
aerie
deface
prudence
20. To expand like a woman in labor
eulogy
pajorative
jettison
Dilate
21. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
catalyst
dither
listless
bombastic
22. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Keen
whimsical
Fanatical
bombastic
23. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
Keen
invective
plethora
intrepid
24. Influence or domination over
hegemony
larceny
prodigal
embellish
25. Self contradictory
waver
disparate
phalanx
paradox
26. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
listless
leery
tangential
pariah
27. Growing in number quickly/spawn
pungent
proliferate
slake
convoluted
28. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
abeyance
ingrate
permeate
acme
29. Funeral bell/ omen of death
quotidian
gullible
knell
aesthetic
30. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
lucid
monotony
prodigal
pristine
31. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
aerie
vacillate
nascent
32. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
nuance
crescendo
impasse
33. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
jettison
connoisseur
frugality
overwrought
34. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
sentient
grovel
chaos
35. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
dirge
latent
kindle
axiom
36. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
gestation
overwrought
obstinate
deface
37. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
knell
sentient
burnish
lament
38. Excess
eloquent
plethora
philistine
larceny
39. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
pervade
axiom
abeyance
verbose
40. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
zenith
ingenuous
venerable
liberal
41. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
Amulet
dither
gullible
abstain
42. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
posit
alleviate
statis
gestation
43. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
Euphemism
sully
plucky
pungent
44. To perceive or recognize
discern
demagogue
gullible
explicit
45. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
ingenuous
liberal
ethos
inundate
46. An investigation or inquiry
tangential
volatile
inquest
ethos
47. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
surly
insurrection
unequivocal
ethos
48. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
judicious
abeyance
amalgamate
latent
49. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
debutante
ingratiate
leery
bombastic
50. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
knell
articulate
coalesce
opaque