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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
burnish
homogenous
leery
rustic
2. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
dogma
overwrought
prodigal
grovel
3. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
philantropy
inundate
intransigent
prudence
4. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
ingrate
arbitrary
Dilate
adulterate
5. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
antagonize
deface
hyperbole
6. Easily aroused
discern
philantropy
volatile
boor
7. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
whimsical
gestation
lavish
convoluted
8. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
wraith
pungent
sentient
repudiate
9. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
chaos
boor
kindle
obstinate
10. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
gregarious
permeate
apathy
frugality
11. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
deface
debutante
quotidian
12. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
sully
lethargic
repudiate
abeyance
13. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
chaos
dirge
repudiate
14. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
obstinate
abyss
ingenuous
15. Commute/replace/superceded
sully
wraith
inquest
supplant
16. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
slake
advocate
rhetoric
ingrate
17. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
aerie
abstain
Amulet
Keen
18. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
meticulous
apathy
connoisseur
wraith
19. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
dogmatic
placate
verbose
enigma
20. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
ingenuous
demagogue
sully
statis
21. Make impure/debase
nascent
arbitrary
adulterate
jargon
22. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
eloquent
judicious
polemic
crescendo
23. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
burnish
listless
bombastic
ambiguous
24. Flamboyant/verve/dash
articulate
panache
intractable
impasse
25. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
transitory
imbue
vacillate
Euphemism
26. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
inquest
insurrection
knell
inundate
27. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
pungent
convoluted
lethargic
verbose
28. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
debutante
austere
frugality
29. To attack or assault - beset
assail
convoluted
ambiguous
listless
30. Tolerant - broad-minded
liberal
inundate
ethos
grovel
31. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
lavish
abyss
naiive
impasse
32. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
repudiate
alleviate
ethos
unequivocal
33. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
intrepid
gregarious
plucky
waver
34. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
embellish
plethora
hyperbole
whimsical
35. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
venerable
abeyance
articulate
ambiguous
36. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
pervade
imbue
intractable
debutante
37. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
ethos
kindle
ingrate
dither
38. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
gregarious
hyperbole
stratagem
lament
39. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
burnish
phalanx
dilettante
arbitrate
40. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
intrepid
Euphemism
axiom
advocate
41. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
plucky
invective
jargon
pajorative
42. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
larceny
disparate
stratagem
embellish
43. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
wraith
intransigent
chaos
terrestrial
44. Excess
intrepid
plethora
imbue
deface
45. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
vacillate
bombastic
tangential
fallow
46. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
stigma
lucid
dogmatic
lament
47. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
naiive
apathy
lucid
acme
48. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
opaque
embellish
naiive
convoluted
49. Growing in number quickly/spawn
proliferate
catalyst
larceny
transitory
50. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
antagonize
unequivocal
gestation
convoluted