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