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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. Sociable; fond of the company of others
antagonize
opaque
elegy
gregarious
2. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
apathy
judicious
eulogy
deface
3. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
aerie
placate
prodigal
bombastic
4. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
archaic
vacillate
acme
dogma
5. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
sportive
demagogue
dither
pristine
6. Excess
plethora
eulogy
tirade
quotidian
7. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
latent
statis
enigma
ethos
8. Caution/thrift/widom
prudence
philantropy
abyss
deference
9. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
abyss
nascent
grovel
10. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
unequivocal
naiive
banal
intrepid
11. To expand like a woman in labor
meticulous
sportive
Dilate
veracity
12. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
itinerant
lucid
eloquent
statis
13. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
abstain
lethargic
Dilate
alleviate
14. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
venerable
amalgamate
terrestrial
deface
15. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
crescendo
Euphemism
homogenous
pungent
16. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
heterogeneous
latent
archaic
tirade
17. Clever - deceptive
dogmatic
wily
ingenuous
disparate
18. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
repast
stratagem
homogenous
meticulous
19. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
meticulous
erratic
pristine
20. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
tirade
latent
dirge
vestige
21. Deep hole
philantropy
abyss
pajorative
inquest
22. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
pariah
eulogy
Fanatical
23. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
knell
philantropy
fallow
dogmatic
24. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
analogous
lavish
connoisseur
acme
25. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
axiom
dilettante
abyss
dogma
26. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
dither
prodigal
hyperbole
posit
27. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
meticulous
dither
heterogeneous
unconscionable
28. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
ambiguous
connoisseur
posit
belfry
29. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
jettison
arbitrate
verbose
lament
30. Commute/replace/superceded
supplant
listless
phalanx
leery
31. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
unconscionable
lethargic
ingrate
grievous
32. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
audacious
advocate
gestation
embellish
33. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
dither
affected
hermetic
statis
34. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
frugality
transitory
arbitrate
ingenuous
35. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
abeyance
eloquent
connoisseur
repast
36. Temporary; lasting a brief time
acme
pervade
lucid
transitory
37. To attack or assault - beset
Amulet
assail
wraith
supplant
38. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
disparate
dirge
belfry
explicit
39. Easily aroused
vestige
volatile
affected
erratic
40. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
grovel
ethos
pajorative
imbue
41. Rebellion - mutiny
arbitrary
insurrection
listless
homogenous
42. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
apathy
tangential
alleviate
coalesce
43. Pertaining to beauty
leery
aesthetic
latent
rhetoric
44. Turmoil/disorder
ingratiate
dogma
chaos
symbiosis
45. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
abyss
eulogy
hegemony
quotidian
46. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
deference
intrepid
pajorative
aesthetic
47. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
dither
Amulet
sentient
quotidian
48. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
kindle
demagogue
acme
ingratiate
49. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
elegy
articulate
hermetic
banal
50. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
repose
transitory
analogous
obstinate