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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. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
austere
leery
assail
meticulous
2. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
naiive
axiom
coalesce
inundate
3. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
acme
ingenuous
Fanatical
debutante
4. To attack or assault - beset
kindle
assail
boor
listless
5. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
pariah
arbitrate
itinerant
invective
6. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
prodigal
coalesce
inundate
dilettante
7. Suggest - propose an explanation
banal
posit
zeal
whimsical
8. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
analogous
tangential
larceny
philistine
9. Truthfulness
hermetic
naiive
dilettante
veracity
10. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
chaos
sentient
ethos
Keen
11. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
plucky
stratagem
jargon
12. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
zeal
innocuous
impervious
enigma
13. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
prudence
slake
verbose
dogmatic
14. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
banal
gullible
unconscionable
inundate
15. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dirge
hyperbole
dogma
impasse
16. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
assail
abstain
debutante
pajorative
17. Relaxation - tranquility
inundate
repose
plucky
statis
18. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
impasse
explicit
eulogy
panache
19. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
fallow
leery
austere
verbose
20. Altruism/ charity
zenith
meticulous
philantropy
assail
21. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
fallow
ingenuous
zeal
dirge
22. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
intrepid
abstain
lethargic
knell
23. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
leery
catalyst
proliferate
ethos
24. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
hermetic
ethos
grievous
sportive
25. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
volatile
zeal
elegy
surly
26. Perceptive/sharp
plethora
Keen
wily
naiive
27. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
tome
dither
leery
demagogue
28. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
volatile
catalyst
lament
29. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
nuance
boor
hermetic
eloquent
30. Flamboyant/verve/dash
panache
jettison
pristine
analogous
31. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
explicit
tirade
demagogue
32. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
intransigent
tome
archaic
homogenous
33. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
opaque
arbitrary
prodigal
audacious
34. Influence or domination over
hegemony
repudiate
lucid
gestation
35. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
tangential
paradox
larceny
surly
36. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
phalanx
abyss
frugality
articulate
37. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
acme
malleable
dilettante
38. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
explicit
abeyance
lucid
gullible
39. Tolerant - broad-minded
volatile
sentient
wraith
liberal
40. Respected because of age
venerable
dither
plucky
crescendo
41. To perceive or recognize
discern
demagogue
itinerant
vestige
42. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
demagogue
ingenuous
terrestrial
abeyance
43. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
chaos
Amulet
permeate
embellish
44. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
dirge
austere
surly
luminous
45. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
analogous
sully
meticulous
boor
46. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
phalanx
demagogue
esoteric
abeyance
47. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
intransigent
gestation
prudence
impasse
48. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
axiom
ingratiate
fallow
sully
49. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
boor
placate
gestation
inundate
50. Wandering and unpredictable
Amulet
judicious
erratic
malleable