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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. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
inundate
polemic
dogma
deference
2. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
ingratiate
aesthetic
analogous
permeate
3. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
lucid
zenith
pristine
jettison
4. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
heterogeneous
burnish
apathy
advocate
5. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
dogmatic
paradox
hegemony
6. Easily aroused
nuance
hermetic
lament
volatile
7. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
nascent
pungent
assail
repast
8. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
boor
judicious
eloquent
tome
9. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
leery
articulate
esoteric
veracity
10. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
sportive
articulate
opaque
gullible
11. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
itinerant
larceny
pervade
assail
12. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
hermetic
ingratiate
ingrate
pajorative
13. Influence or domination over
abeyance
assail
hegemony
frugality
14. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
antagonize
ambiguous
discern
zeal
15. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
gullible
latent
frugality
inundate
16. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
pariah
overwrought
arbitrary
naiive
17. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
vestige
zeal
discern
dirge
18. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
hegemony
enigma
jettison
dogma
19. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
placate
Keen
itinerant
20. Set fire/excite
kindle
placate
stigma
embellish
21. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
obstinate
ingenuous
abeyance
surly
22. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
Amulet
intractable
inundate
acme
23. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
Fanatical
ambiguous
lethargic
24. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
axiom
gullible
jargon
homogenous
25. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
advocate
naiive
gestation
catalyst
26. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
abyss
antagonize
boor
27. To perceive or recognize
discern
audacious
amalgamate
ambiguous
28. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
imbue
overwrought
prodigal
dither
29. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
inquest
dogmatic
arbitrary
ethos
30. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
deference
catalyst
dilettante
prodigal
31. Effective writing or speaking
Amulet
naiive
rhetoric
symbiosis
32. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
sully
eulogy
nascent
vestige
33. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
chaos
nascent
zenith
34. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
articulate
arbitrate
symbiosis
burnish
35. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
abeyance
plucky
proliferate
acme
36. Wandering and unpredictable
supplant
acme
latent
erratic
37. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repudiate
volatile
surly
debutante
38. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
zeal
tirade
fallow
homogenous
39. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
dilettante
repose
austere
stratagem
40. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
permeate
stratagem
rustic
latent
41. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
innocuous
grovel
meticulous
dilettante
42. An investigation or inquiry
homogenous
liberal
inquest
ambiguous
43. Caution/thrift/widom
ethos
Euphemism
abstain
prudence
44. Flamboyant/verve/dash
abeyance
panache
dogmatic
quotidian
45. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
lethargic
dither
arbitrate
hermetic
46. Respected because of age
Dilate
proliferate
elegy
venerable
47. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
demagogue
repudiate
crescendo
fallow
48. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
slake
vestige
dither
ambiguous
49. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
intractable
erratic
naiive
grovel
50. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
transitory
prodigal
plucky