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