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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. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
gestation
leery
unconscionable
sportive
2. An investigation or inquiry
archaic
rustic
overwrought
inquest
3. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
prodigal
liberal
latent
sully
4. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
inundate
bombastic
embellish
Amulet
5. Altruism/ charity
philantropy
ethos
austere
inundate
6. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
gregarious
impasse
terrestrial
imbue
7. Theft of property
affected
larceny
unconscionable
deference
8. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
embellish
plucky
naiive
grievous
9. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
fallow
deference
connoisseur
obstinate
10. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
hermetic
abeyance
elegy
abstain
11. Temporary; lasting a brief time
jargon
hegemony
transitory
lucid
12. Relaxation - tranquility
invective
enigma
repose
Keen
13. Respected because of age
venerable
intransigent
latent
arbitrate
14. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
tirade
demagogue
coalesce
transitory
15. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
esoteric
ingrate
dogmatic
boor
16. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
alleviate
disparate
repast
philantropy
17. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
paradox
stigma
obstinate
symbiosis
18. Brilliant/glowing
phalanx
zenith
luminous
pervade
19. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
ingrate
jettison
austere
philantropy
20. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
meticulous
pervade
ethos
placate
21. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
crescendo
dogma
erratic
hermetic
22. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
pariah
unequivocal
eloquent
boor
23. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
heterogeneous
antagonize
transitory
homogenous
24. Caution/thrift/widom
grievous
supplant
naiive
prudence
25. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
sully
prudence
lethargic
Euphemism
26. Deep hole
whimsical
prudence
abyss
axiom
27. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
aesthetic
dilettante
terrestrial
28. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
antagonize
hegemony
catalyst
ethos
29. Suggest - propose an explanation
inundate
elegy
waver
posit
30. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
sentient
tirade
nascent
fallow
31. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
nascent
Keen
invective
arbitrate
32. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
alleviate
vestige
connoisseur
stratagem
33. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
lethargic
debutante
rustic
gregarious
34. No variation; tediously the same in sound
deference
naiive
frugality
monotony
35. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
dogmatic
zenith
Euphemism
dilettante
36. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
imbue
ambiguous
ingrate
dither
37. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
gregarious
hermetic
phalanx
affected
38. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
jargon
pungent
aesthetic
gullible
39. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
sully
fallow
statis
slake
40. Sociable; fond of the company of others
impervious
phalanx
gregarious
hermetic
41. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
burnish
symbiosis
aerie
repose
42. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
philistine
boor
dogmatic
nuance
43. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
impasse
ingenuous
dogma
axiom
44. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
paradox
dirge
coalesce
hegemony
45. To choose not to do something
elegy
abstain
discern
gestation
46. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
arbitrate
venerable
repudiate
explicit
47. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
ingratiate
intransigent
kindle
whimsical
48. Perceptive/sharp
Keen
affected
hermetic
demagogue
49. Self contradictory
paradox
aerie
supplant
nuance
50. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
impasse
eloquent
grievous