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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. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
advocate
dirge
jettison
liberal
2. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
monotony
slake
analogous
insurrection
3. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
plethora
polemic
pervade
kindle
4. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
rustic
ethos
eloquent
pungent
5. To choose not to do something
abstain
plucky
philistine
insurrection
6. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
deference
erratic
banal
7. Theft of property
nuance
coalesce
larceny
lethargic
8. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
discern
gullible
wily
ingratiate
9. A trace of something that once was present
vestige
dilettante
luminous
tome
10. Clever - deceptive
audacious
aesthetic
erratic
wily
11. To polish
burnish
eulogy
judicious
ethos
12. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
leery
ingrate
banal
Fanatical
13. Pertaining to beauty
prodigal
aesthetic
nascent
repose
14. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
plethora
intransigent
verbose
ethos
15. Set fire/excite
hermetic
analogous
repast
kindle
16. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
vacillate
repudiate
sportive
Fanatical
17. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
crescendo
pervade
heterogeneous
leery
18. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
slake
aesthetic
dogmatic
nascent
19. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
panache
deference
leery
homogenous
20. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
ambiguous
monotony
impasse
heterogeneous
21. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
boor
quotidian
austere
plucky
22. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
catalyst
impasse
archaic
abeyance
23. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
lethargic
philantropy
invective
ingenuous
24. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
heterogeneous
dither
obstinate
homogenous
25. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
latent
sportive
grievous
hermetic
26. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
gregarious
boor
waver
27. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
veracity
gestation
grievous
28. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
volatile
terrestrial
tirade
impervious
29. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
Dilate
invective
coalesce
eloquent
30. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
abyss
intransigent
opaque
connoisseur
31. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
banal
discern
alleviate
acme
32. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
pungent
bombastic
intransigent
esoteric
33. Social outcast
acme
pajorative
verbose
pariah
34. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
convoluted
inundate
overwrought
adulterate
35. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
impervious
pajorative
wily
36. Suggest - propose an explanation
quotidian
imbue
amalgamate
posit
37. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
waver
alleviate
kindle
sully
38. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
veracity
embellish
audacious
slake
39. Perceptive/sharp
quotidian
enigma
jettison
Keen
40. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
insurrection
affected
acme
esoteric
41. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
meticulous
plethora
eulogy
nascent
42. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
pervade
itinerant
banal
tangential
43. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
assail
leery
homogenous
intrepid
44. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
sully
alleviate
plethora
intransigent
45. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
Euphemism
pervade
arbitrary
fallow
46. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
inundate
embellish
demagogue
zeal
47. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
gestation
tangential
supplant
explicit
48. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
arbitrary
ingenuous
philistine
polemic
49. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
articulate
obstinate
innocuous
lucid
50. No variation; tediously the same in sound
archaic
monotony
sentient
grovel