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