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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. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
embellish
erratic
wraith
pervade
2. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
grovel
sentient
pajorative
arbitrary
3. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
volatile
ingrate
plucky
dirge
4. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
adulterate
panache
judicious
impasse
5. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
coalesce
hermetic
stigma
6. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
latent
volatile
zeal
lavish
7. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
posit
arbitrate
liberal
prodigal
8. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
dogma
burnish
esoteric
arbitrate
9. Social outcast
insurrection
pariah
listless
ingratiate
10. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
itinerant
articulate
zeal
eloquent
11. Caution/thrift/widom
prudence
archaic
lavish
austere
12. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
deface
lucid
hermetic
vacillate
13. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
jargon
proliferate
philantropy
fallow
14. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
Keen
luminous
intractable
15. Make impure/debase
gullible
erratic
adulterate
ethos
16. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
hyperbole
opaque
unequivocal
repudiate
17. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
statis
deference
aesthetic
ingratiate
18. A trace of something that once was present
vestige
lavish
abeyance
pervade
19. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
repose
phalanx
whimsical
venerable
20. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
dogmatic
alleviate
repast
philantropy
21. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
impervious
prodigal
repose
22. Easily aroused
heterogeneous
itinerant
dogma
volatile
23. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
prudence
listless
statis
philistine
24. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
arbitrate
plucky
abeyance
explicit
25. Mark of disgrace
stigma
pariah
gregarious
arbitrate
26. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
repudiate
aerie
crescendo
zenith
27. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
philistine
lament
placate
tirade
28. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
statis
fallow
disparate
aerie
29. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
aerie
veracity
gullible
dither
30. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
malleable
assail
axiom
phalanx
31. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
prudence
innocuous
adulterate
belfry
32. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
Keen
obstinate
disparate
itinerant
33. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
knell
banal
dilettante
grovel
34. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
verbose
arbitrate
bombastic
apathy
35. No variation; tediously the same in sound
unequivocal
monotony
analogous
affected
36. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
vestige
hyperbole
insurrection
homogenous
37. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
eulogy
jettison
catalyst
convoluted
38. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
symbiosis
polemic
philantropy
quotidian
39. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
grievous
ingenuous
opaque
stratagem
40. Deep hole
abyss
unequivocal
stigma
invective
41. Book - usually large and academic
tome
jettison
frugality
sully
42. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
verbose
zeal
rhetoric
whimsical
43. Self contradictory
gullible
gestation
hyperbole
paradox
44. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
homogenous
nascent
demagogue
45. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
abeyance
transitory
rhetoric
46. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
unequivocal
fallow
dither
philantropy
47. Growing in number quickly/spawn
arbitrary
repast
boor
proliferate
48. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
sportive
belfry
permeate
banal
49. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
volatile
stratagem
convoluted
nascent
50. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
sentient
embellish
ingrate
ingratiate