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Power Vocab
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english
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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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1. A speech to oneself; often used in theatrical productions
Soliloquy
Acumen
Loathe
Gauche
2. To take/copy something from another person and claim it as your own work or not give credit to the person who created it
Plagiarize
Voracious
Vortex
Imperious
3. To accuse someone (usually an elected official) of improper conduct
Impeach
Xenophobe
Filibuster
Irony
4. Equal parts day and night; occurs twice yearly (autumnal & vernal)
Barbaric
Equinox
Wrought
Recapitulate
5. Harmful
Deleterious
Imperious
Ostentatious
Chivalry
6. Falling off or shedding at a certain stage of growth
Gauche
Deciduous
Zealous
Lexicon
7. Many possible meanings; unclear or unsure
Introspective
Suffragist
Ambiguous
Hubris
8. Mixed - having many different components
Naïve
Lugubrious
Heterogeneous
Plethora
9. A swirling mass of something (often water)
Vortex
Akin
Soliloquy
Nihilism
10. A REALLY long speech used to get in the way of legislation being passed
Recapitulate
Filibuster
Tempestuous
Akin
11. A lot of; many
Inception
Ostentatious
Conspicuous
Plethora
12. Obvious; clearly visible
Impromptu
Circumlocution
Conspicuous
Suffragist
13. Empty; vacant
Impeach
Destiny
Chromosome
Vacuous
14. Slyly or in a sneaky manner
Chivalry
Comply
Homogeneous
Surreptitiously
15. To speak clearly; describing someone who speaks clearly
Barbaric
Articulate
Respiration
Destiny
16. Without controversy; you can't argue about it
Verbatim
Lugubrious
Incontrovertible
Chivalry
17. Being a social butterfly
Chivalry
Metamorphosis
Destiny
Gregarious
18. A person who fights for voting rights
Facetious
Plethora
Equinox
Suffragist
19. In disguise
Filibuster
Impeach
Plethora
Incognito
20. A suggested plan
Acumen
Proposition
Auspicious
Ominous
21. Made out of; eg. Wrought iron
Wrought
Circumlocution
Sanguine
Chromosome
22. Genetic part of our DNA; most humans have 46
Filibuster
Chromosome
Akin
Vortex
23. One who fears strangers or foreigners
Bellicose
Respiration
Verbatim
Xenophobe
24. An opportune time; good timing
Suffragist
Respiration
Filibuster
Auspicious
25. Innocent; unaware of what's going on
Naïve
Philosophical
Proposition
Deciduous
26. Warlike; always looking for a fight
Bellicose
Irony
Ostentatious
Incognito
27. Full of devotion or passion for something
Gauche
Zealous
Nomenclature
Nihilism
28. The opposite of confident
Epiphany
Gauche
Destiny
Diffident
29. Proud or overbearing
Notarize
Orthography
Ominous
Imperious
30. An A-Ha! Moment OR a Christian holiday celebrated in January
Epiphany
Surreptitiously
Opportunist
Indignant
31. Friendly or agreeable
Destiny
Impeach
Imperious
Amicable
32. Breathing
Respiration
Deleterious
Comply
Photosynthesis
33. Plants getting energy from sunlight
Verbatim
Nihilism
Orthography
Photosynthesis
34. Trying to be funny or lighthearted; joking
Inception
Facetious
Loquacious
Naïve
35. All the same
Plethora
Homogeneous
Soliloquy
Parameter
36. Your fate or what's 'supposed' to be
Destiny
Plagiarize
Circumnavigate
Akin
37. Guideline or boundary
Parameter
Euro
Nomenclature
Lexicon
38. Currency used in many European countries
Chicanery
Nihilism
Euro
Impeach
39. Crude - violent - untamed
Barbaric
Xenophobe
Circumnavigate
Euro
40. Truly sorry
Homogeneous
Contrite
Bellicose
Deleterious
41. Not planned
Notarize
Impromptu
Destiny
Incognito
42. Gloomy
Imperative
Lugubrious
Ostentatious
Tempestuous
43. To do as you're told; to bow down in a servant like way
Kowtow
Voracious
Heterogeneous
Suffragist
44. Very angrily offended
Sanguine
Indignant
Lugubrious
Inception
45. Craving or consuming large quantities (food - books - collectibles)
Loquacious
Kowtow
Respiration
Voracious
46. One who seeks an opportunity
Tempestuous
Hubris
Opportunist
Notarize
47. To intensely dislike; hate
Circumnavigate
Gregarious
Loathe
Philosophical
48. To do as you're told
Ominous
Comply
Contrite
Diffident
49. Rejection of all laws and institutions; anarchy
Facetious
Nihilism
Suffragist
Verbatim
50. Looking inside oneself
Philosophical
Nihilism
Introspective
Gregarious