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