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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
polemic
statis
philistine
abeyance
2. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
itinerant
proliferate
jargon
3. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
zeal
hegemony
intractable
jargon
4. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
aerie
luminous
demagogue
lavish
5. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
embellish
hegemony
grievous
hyperbole
6. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
panache
lethargic
fallow
Dilate
7. An investigation or inquiry
knell
inquest
kindle
pristine
8. Funeral bell/ omen of death
repudiate
leery
inquest
knell
9. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
statis
quotidian
monotony
disparate
10. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
invective
jettison
impervious
opaque
11. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
Euphemism
lucid
sully
wraith
12. To expand like a woman in labor
rustic
Dilate
ingratiate
whimsical
13. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
intractable
deference
elegy
14. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
posit
polemic
obstinate
sentient
15. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
esoteric
quotidian
lavish
ambiguous
16. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
surly
explicit
catalyst
nuance
17. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
insurrection
burnish
zenith
esoteric
18. Effective writing or speaking
quotidian
rhetoric
gullible
zenith
19. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
imbue
surly
jargon
20. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
prudence
abstain
philantropy
nascent
21. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
intractable
dirge
demagogue
crescendo
22. Deep hole
statis
abyss
zenith
permeate
23. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
acme
erratic
analogous
veracity
24. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
bombastic
dilettante
deface
pristine
25. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
antagonize
ingratiate
dogmatic
belfry
26. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
fallow
lethargic
overwrought
vacillate
27. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
polemic
meticulous
Fanatical
28. Coalesce - fuse
esoteric
amalgamate
repast
crescendo
29. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
esoteric
Amulet
Keen
slake
30. Flamboyant/verve/dash
malleable
jettison
stigma
panache
31. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
ingenuous
lucid
ambiguous
articulate
32. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
repudiate
kindle
deface
pungent
33. To choose not to do something
arbitrate
demagogue
abstain
Dilate
34. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
unequivocal
waver
insurrection
slake
35. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dogma
audacious
Amulet
repose
36. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
proliferate
impasse
philistine
arbitrary
37. Wandering and unpredictable
elegy
erratic
lament
tirade
38. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
proliferate
belfry
philantropy
39. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
ingratiate
hermetic
stratagem
pervade
40. To polish
burnish
Amulet
panache
apathy
41. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
placate
philantropy
grovel
frugality
42. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
amalgamate
luminous
intractable
Euphemism
43. Excess
plethora
opaque
impasse
unequivocal
44. Temporary; lasting a brief time
audacious
transitory
Keen
frugality
45. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
alleviate
lucid
pristine
46. Bucolic - rural
rustic
eloquent
stratagem
amalgamate
47. Influence or domination over
hegemony
lament
wily
discern
48. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
elegy
axiom
supplant
repose
49. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
ingrate
invective
convoluted
dither
50. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
intrepid
surly
pariah
advocate