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