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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. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
deference
grovel
prudence
disparate
2. To polish
pajorative
burnish
pervade
alleviate
3. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
intransigent
vestige
homogenous
supplant
4. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
connoisseur
erratic
polemic
impasse
5. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
disparate
venerable
wily
6. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
ethos
aerie
jettison
sentient
7. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
repast
posit
polemic
8. Suggest - propose an explanation
articulate
larceny
intrepid
posit
9. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
eulogy
opaque
wraith
philistine
10. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
imbue
ingrate
inquest
itinerant
11. An investigation or inquiry
innocuous
vestige
inquest
boor
12. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
nuance
tirade
dilettante
demagogue
13. Influence or domination over
hegemony
impervious
articulate
pariah
14. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
advocate
esoteric
paradox
dirge
15. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
grievous
dirge
zenith
plethora
16. To perceive or recognize
obstinate
jettison
discern
Dilate
17. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
banal
repast
luminous
enigma
18. Flamboyant/verve/dash
panache
vacillate
acme
tirade
19. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
dogma
zenith
quotidian
connoisseur
20. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
apathy
archaic
Fanatical
stratagem
21. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
dogmatic
pristine
aerie
arbitrate
22. Coalesce - fuse
amalgamate
impasse
innocuous
analogous
23. Tolerant - broad-minded
liberal
Dilate
hermetic
innocuous
24. Excess
explicit
assail
impervious
plethora
25. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
assail
rhetoric
ambiguous
phalanx
26. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
phalanx
boor
prodigal
27. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
axiom
latent
wily
homogenous
28. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
audacious
proliferate
lament
symbiosis
29. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
eloquent
tangential
ambiguous
pajorative
30. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
supplant
sully
tangential
prudence
31. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
plucky
pajorative
impasse
itinerant
32. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
assail
axiom
banal
erratic
33. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
dirge
sentient
convoluted
knell
34. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
wraith
nuance
pervade
naiive
35. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
ethos
Amulet
plethora
heterogeneous
36. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
audacious
boor
inundate
vacillate
37. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
imbue
nascent
insurrection
pervade
38. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
bombastic
plucky
listless
axiom
39. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
philistine
intrepid
ingenuous
aesthetic
40. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
vacillate
ingratiate
hegemony
nascent
41. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
malleable
gestation
sentient
Fanatical
42. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
unequivocal
dogma
homogenous
43. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
dirge
dirge
disparate
amalgamate
44. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
jettison
vestige
enigma
nascent
45. Set fire/excite
audacious
Keen
belfry
kindle
46. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
leery
zeal
disparate
abyss
47. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
apathy
monotony
dilettante
alleviate
48. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
prudence
banal
lethargic
slake
49. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
bombastic
advocate
dirge
sully
50. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
verbose
repose
Amulet
intrepid