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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
tirade
repudiate
opaque
nascent
2. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
nascent
hegemony
aerie
arbitrary
3. Book - usually large and academic
elegy
assail
adulterate
tome
4. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
statis
opaque
repast
placate
5. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
amalgamate
nascent
arbitrate
esoteric
6. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
adulterate
vestige
jettison
7. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
zenith
innocuous
aerie
8. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repudiate
Fanatical
unconscionable
erratic
9. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
enigma
jargon
nuance
panache
10. Tolerant - broad-minded
unequivocal
phalanx
abeyance
liberal
11. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
ethos
statis
antagonize
dogma
12. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
jargon
convoluted
Dilate
dirge
13. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
pristine
posit
ethos
permeate
14. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
austere
symbiosis
lethargic
gullible
15. Relaxation - tranquility
dogmatic
acme
gregarious
repose
16. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
vacillate
lavish
overwrought
paradox
17. No variation; tediously the same in sound
hegemony
coalesce
belfry
monotony
18. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
hyperbole
dirge
apathy
nuance
19. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
unequivocal
ingratiate
gestation
venerable
20. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
polemic
analogous
liberal
lament
21. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
ambiguous
verbose
slake
hyperbole
22. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
sentient
pajorative
eulogy
wily
23. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
whimsical
unequivocal
waver
judicious
24. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
terrestrial
lucid
deface
belfry
25. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
dogma
enigma
grovel
zenith
26. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
abeyance
intransigent
zenith
dirge
27. Mark of disgrace
discern
stigma
nascent
austere
28. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
crescendo
abyss
nascent
pungent
29. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
nuance
convoluted
jargon
quotidian
30. Clever - deceptive
wily
statis
connoisseur
vacillate
31. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
surly
repose
obstinate
lucid
32. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
meticulous
antagonize
abeyance
33. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
prudence
esoteric
sully
34. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
deface
intransigent
apathy
35. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
heterogeneous
burnish
sentient
abeyance
36. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
proliferate
plucky
lavish
abstain
37. Perceptive/sharp
placate
lucid
frugality
Keen
38. Sociable; fond of the company of others
stratagem
venerable
elegy
gregarious
39. Pertaining to beauty
polemic
innocuous
aesthetic
elegy
40. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
elegy
deface
gregarious
intrepid
41. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
aesthetic
hermetic
arbitrary
luminous
42. Commute/replace/superceded
supplant
demagogue
hermetic
proliferate
43. Growing in number quickly/spawn
eloquent
esoteric
surly
proliferate
44. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
verbose
listless
impervious
vestige
45. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
plethora
plucky
gullible
unconscionable
46. Flamboyant/verve/dash
polemic
panache
slake
quotidian
47. To polish
vestige
pariah
aesthetic
burnish
48. Old/antique/bygone/stale
whimsical
paradox
homogenous
archaic
49. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
ingenuous
repudiate
transitory
statis
50. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
repudiate
axiom
antagonize
alleviate