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Creative Writing Vocab
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writing-skills
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Any covering or envelope as a seed or fruit
taper
sequester
hull
radiant
2. Logically connected
sequester
wry
coherent
propensity
3. Fallen into partial ruin or decay
admonition
dilapidated
fret
abiding
4. To examine in detail
scrutinize
fluke
primordial
avert
5. A statement that seems self-contradictory but expresses a possible truth
paradox
sequester
frazzled
propensity
6. Greedy
fret
noncommittal
haltingly
avaricious
7. The persistence of sound after the source has stopped
forlorn
unravel
reverberation
presumptuous
8. Tastelessly showy
overweening
dispossessed
nettle
garish
9. Willing to receive suggestions
torpor
embryonic
mediation
receptive
10. Unexpected gain
admonition
taper
rendition
windfall
11. A condition or agonizing struggle
sequester
underpinnings
throes
jangle
12. Ragged - torn
avaricious
tattered
primordial
uncannily
13. To make unsophisticated or unfashionable
rendition
primordial
provincialize
nettle
14. Incapable of being explained
windfall
gambit
lull
inexplicable
15. A foundation or basis
underpinnings
sequester
dross
utmost
16. A translation or interpretation
skinflint
rendition
garish
vernacular
17. An opening move in which a player in a game seeks to obtain some advantage
noncommittal
burnish
gambit
suffuse
18. The standard native language of a country
reverberation
vernacular
inexplicable
hyperventilate
19. Of the greatest degree or quality
utmost
noncommittal
radiant
belated
20. To look at flirtatiously
tattered
abiding
ogle
dross
21. To sit or lie in a relaxed position
sprawl
sacrilegious
wrongheaded
pristine
22. An attempt of a peaceful settlement through a third party
utmost
avaricious
jangle
mediation
23. Solitude or seclude
avaricious
flume
primordial
sequester
24. Suited to the purpose or occasion
dilapidated
apt
garish
clairvoyant
25. To turn away or aside
cerebral
wry
avert
reverberation
26. Full of complaints
dispossessed
flume
querulous
torpor
27. A tendency
propensity
burnish
suffuse
primordial
28. To polish a surface by friction
coherent
sacrilegious
ogle
burnish
29. To become more slender toward one end
paradox
utmost
bulbous
taper
30. A pleasure or hobby
torpor
lull
unravel
avocation
31. A gentle reprimand
admonition
avaricious
dilapidated
avert
32. Misguided and stubborn
wrongheaded
taper
sprawl
utmost
33. Oppressively hot
lull
receptive
presumptuous
torrid
34. To cause to become irritated or upset
dross
jangle
receptive
frazzled
35. Bitterly amusing
clairvoyant
wry
nettle
underpinnings
36. Conceited - overconfident - or proud
receptive
overweening
noncommittal
avocation
37. Bulging
gambit
pristine
bulbous
propensity
38. Prim or proper
unravel
titter
presumptuous
prissy
39. Using few words
sequester
resuscitate
fluke
laconic
40. Worn-out
frazzled
avocation
abiding
apt
41. A narrow gorge with a stream flowing through it
fluke
annealing
flume
ancestral
42. Strengthening or hardening
unravel
skinflint
wrongheaded
annealing
43. Arrogantly assuming knowledge of what is or what is to come
paradox
ancestral
mediation
presumptuous
44. Sluggish inactivity or inertia
torpor
reverberation
hyperventilate
cerebral
45. Basic - undeveloped
embryonic
flume
bulbous
haltingly
46. To revive from death or unconsciousness
embryonic
dispossessed
resuscitate
pristine
47. A particular principle - position - or policy taught or advocated - as of a religion or government
jangle
radiant
doctrine
throes
48. Hesitatingly
titter
haltingly
bulbous
cerebral
49. Shabby - wretched
scrubby
flume
frazzled
rendition
50. Grossly irreverent toward what is sacred
hull
unravel
ancestral
sacrilegious