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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The position of defensive back has such detailed footwork and coverage details - it is ______ in the world of athletics.
Ameliorate
Erudite
Numismatics
Esoteric
2. The _____ team is an enigma to the fast junk foods marketing push towards young people.
Variegated
Vacillate
Ignoble
Salubrious
3. The stone masons are considered to be a ______: they are an intimate group with a similar purpose.
Coterie
Erudite
Luminous
Ostensible
4. The ghetto teen wore ______ jewelry. This was seen as gaudy - cheap and showy.
Ameliorate
Numismatics
Tawdry
Listless
5. In hiking - the young group of friends like to take an _____ route versus the crowded simple paths.
Aberrant
Listless
Exonerate
Erratic
6. The tawdry athlete dropped the ego - this became _____ when he hadn'T been in the headlines with any notable erratic behavior for many years.
Vacillate
Estimable
Tawdry
Salient
7. Kids often speak with ________. "I wanna do dat".
Idiosyncrasy
Hapless
Solecism
Salubrious
8. The homeless lady at the school is considered to be mentally ______ as she wanders and is unpredictable in the library.
Molt
Impetuous
Erratic
Winsome
9. The coach ______ the use of steroids and would be disappointed to learn of any players using steroids.
Diatribe
Winsome
Eschew
Pare
10. The clever girl is _______ - this makes it difficult to see her in a compassionate light.
Zealot
Bevy
Mercurial
Ethos
11. The coach went on a ______ against the listless player who has exacerbated the quality of practice due to his tawdry behavior.
Variegated
Anachronism
Molt
Diatribe
12. The thief is considered to be _______. It will take time for him to repent and grow values which take others into consideration.
Panache
Molt
Eschew
Ignoble
13. Central Park was bathed in ______ sunshine during the day and festivities.
Lionize
Luminous
Vacillate
Archaic
14. At the homeless shelter - some are their because they are simply _____ - others mentally ill - others going for free food because of being poor with large families.
Hapless
Coterie
Panache
Ameliorate
15. The old timer is called ______ by his teenage son for using a computer from 1999.
Bevy
Panache
Archaic
Pare
16. The mother ______ between choosing a restaurant her significant other wanted to eat and a restaurant her son wanted to eat.
Panache
Vacillate
Eschew
Idiosyncrasy
17. After running for 5 hours - against human physics - they were not _____ - however energetic and enthusiastic for their accomplishment.
Listless
Erratic
Furtive
Parley
18. She was _____ when she secretly peered out of the corner of her eye to view the romantic couple.
Exonerate
Anachronism
Listless
Furtive
19. Often times business people may use verbose sales pitches to confuse ______ customers.
Aberrant
Proliferate
Gullible
Impetuous
20. Her idiosyncratic behavior is an _______ to hundreds of curious undergraduates.
Idiosyncrasy
Estimable
Enigma
Exacerbate
21. The wannabe cute girls use their _______ charm to meet celebrities.
Vacillate
Erudite
Archaic
Winsome
22. The paper became too _____ for the listless reader to finish reading the twenty page essay.
Solecism
Erratic
Mercurial
Verbose
23. The ball hitting her bruise resulted in an ______ in the size of the bruise.
Accretion
Whimsical
Ostensible
Garner
24. The ______ t-shirt of the Hawaiian style has not become an anachronism - even in the midst of being used catholicly for themed parties year after year.
Variegated
Pare
Ignoble
Exacerbate
25. The strongly religious couple joined the Church of Scientology and cut themselves off from the ______ family members: this pissed of many.
Verbose
Impious
Accretion
Tawdry
26. Noel was able to ______ mom'S shoulder pain using massage techniques learnt in medical school. This improved her arm strength.
Coterie
Eschew
Salubrious
Ameliorate
27. The coterie is an intimate _____ of people with a common goal.
Erratic
Gullible
Bevy
Archaic
28. After ameliorating his moms pain in her shoulder - the medical student _______ himself for not being their to treat it right away.
Vacillate
Lionize
Exonerate
Accretion
29. Snakes _____ their skin - leaving it behind on the hot concrete.
Molt
Impetuous
Bevy
Garner
30. Fernandino has such _____ in his flamboyant style of soccer play.
Luminous
Panache
Accretion
Verbose
31. Hot tea with honey is a ________ remedy for a sore throat as it is used throughout the continents.
Enigma
Ethos
Accretion
Catholic
32. The _____ between the ignoble leader and the lionized leader drew strong press coverage.
Esoteric
Hapless
Parley
Erudite
33. It is the college _____ that a student should take general education classes.
Idiosyncrasy
Impious
Salient
Ethos
34. Coaches are ______ to the cause of forming a respectable and passion driven team.
Whimsical
Zealot
Archaic
Coterie
35. The salubrious mother is ______ - as younger generations of soon-to-be parents respect her devotion to her family and health.
Estimable
Exacerbate
Proliferate
Salient
36. The number of team began to ______ each season - going from 80 players to now over 130.
Convoluted
Vacillate
Proliferate
Mercurial
37. After a successful season - and often time after one successful game - a player may be ______ by parents - teammates - and fans.
Aberrant
Accretion
Mercurial
Lionize
38. The thoroughly maintained pond is ______: visitors can see to the bottom.
Erudite
Aberrant
Limpid
Exacerbate
39. The erratic lady is also an _______ to the quite study bevy next to her.
Idiosyncrasy
Coterie
Luminous
Impious
40. The archaic fashion of bell bottoms is also an _______ to be worn in the 21st Century.
Anachronism
Salubrious
Furtive
Impetuous
41. It became ______ that his reason for playing basketball was to become in better shape in order to touch the rim: others noticed his attempts to jump high during warm-ups.
Anachronism
Gullible
Ostensible
Proliferate
42. The young adult has a passion for _____ as he has collected over one thousand variegated coins.
Ameliorate
Whimsical
Numismatics
Furtive
43. She began to feel like her wisdom was becoming an archaic - until others called her the _______ oracle.
Accretion
Luminous
Vacillate
Venerable
44. Often times as a decision maker it is important to not be ______ - even if a deadlines is soon approaching - some thought is necessary.
Parley
Esoteric
Estimable
Impetuous
45. He knows not exactly what to major or set his career path on - but he is _____ in respects to his studies.
Salubrious
Erudite
Anachronism
Gullible
46. The enthusiastic son ran to _____ wood for his families camp fire.
Enigma
Aberrant
Garner
Diatribe
47. The students complained about the difficulty of following the professors ______ ideas and theories.
Accretion
Convoluted
Erudite
Archaic
48. After garnering fire wood - the enthusiastic son _____ the excess bark for later use in making a wood cabin.
Ethos
Pare
Hapless
Impetuous
49. The erratic lady at the library stepped up her game by - still albeit ______ - adding humor into her routine of voluble speech.
Variegated
Catholic
Erudite
Whimsical
50. Instead of ameliorating the pain - the untrained medical student ______ the injury.
Luminous
Impious
Exacerbate
Verbose