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