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Power Vocab
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Subject
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english
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. Craving or consuming large quantities (food - books - collectibles)
Voracious
Verbatim
Barbaric
Imperative
2. Currency used in many European countries
Contrite
Inception
Euro
Comply
3. Made out of; eg. Wrought iron
Wrought
Deciduous
Akin
Proposition
4. Obvious; clearly visible
Conspicuous
Loquacious
Plagiarize
Surreptitiously
5. Not planned
Enervate
Impromptu
Suffragist
Introspective
6. Correct writing and/or spelling
Auspicious
Philosophical
Orthography
Circumnavigate
7. Without controversy; you can't argue about it
Amicable
Ambiguous
Incontrovertible
Equinox
8. To accuse someone (usually an elected official) of improper conduct
Impeach
Lexicon
Nihilism
Kowtow
9. Specialized naming system; often used in scientific classification
Deleterious
Loathe
Nomenclature
Indignant
10. The opposite of confident
Diffident
Circumnavigate
Zealous
Chivalry
11. Cheerfully optimistic
Tempestuous
Circumlocution
Lugubrious
Sanguine
12. Warlike; always looking for a fight
Deleterious
Loathe
Bellicose
Euro
13. A dictionary or complete set of words; everyone has their own personal one as well
Lexicon
Naïve
Barbaric
Wrought
14. Full of devotion or passion for something
Sanguine
Zealous
Incognito
Hubris
15. Breathing
Heterogeneous
Ambiguous
Nomenclature
Respiration
16. A REALLY long speech used to get in the way of legislation being passed
Imperative
Enervate
Filibuster
Loathe
17. To make a signature legal
Circumnavigate
Contrite
Notarize
Comply
18. Extreme arrogance or haughtiness
Hubris
Philosophical
Heterogeneous
Proposition
19. Very angrily offended
Naïve
Homogeneous
Sanguine
Indignant
20. Slyly or in a sneaky manner
Kowtow
Surreptitiously
Contrite
Deleterious
21. Your fate or what's 'supposed' to be
Barbaric
Impromptu
Destiny
Loathe
22. To summarize; recap
Conspicuous
Recapitulate
Comply
Wrought
23. Harmful
Barbaric
Plagiarize
Epiphany
Deleterious
24. The love of thoughts and thinking about thinking
Impeach
Epiphany
Philosophical
Opportunist
25. Word for word
Auspicious
Ominous
Verbatim
Inception
26. To make your way around
Proposition
Circumnavigate
Metamorphosis
Tempestuous
27. To talk in circles - or go on and on (around and around)
Circumlocution
Wrought
Proposition
Verbatim
28. Keen insight or wit
Irony
Acumen
Metamorphosis
Recapitulate
29. Showing off for effect; 'look at me!'
Chicanery
Bellicose
Deciduous
Ostentatious
30. A swirling mass of something (often water)
Destiny
Vortex
Loathe
Circumnavigate
31. Equal parts day and night; occurs twice yearly (autumnal & vernal)
Verbatim
Akin
Equinox
Tempestuous
32. A speech to oneself; often used in theatrical productions
Gregarious
Equinox
Soliloquy
Contrite
33. Many possible meanings; unclear or unsure
Ambiguous
Sanguine
Vortex
Nihilism
34. Beginning or start
Inception
Incognito
Ambiguous
Ostentatious
35. Trying to be funny or lighthearted; joking
Ambiguous
Respiration
Facetious
Imperative
36. In disguise
Proposition
Chicanery
Facetious
Incognito
37. Distinguished; like a knight would have been
Chivalry
Suffragist
Impromptu
Opportunist
38. One who seeks an opportunity
Barbaric
Vortex
Opportunist
Loquacious
39. To do as you're told; to bow down in a servant like way
Naïve
Kowtow
Circumnavigate
Plethora
40. Related to or alike
Comply
Akin
Suffragist
Vacuous
41. Plants getting energy from sunlight
Destiny
Photosynthesis
Suffragist
Ominous
42. Guideline or boundary
Kowtow
Conspicuous
Irony
Parameter
43. To take/copy something from another person and claim it as your own work or not give credit to the person who created it
Naïve
Plagiarize
Recapitulate
Kowtow
44. All the same
Homogeneous
Indignant
Comply
Chromosome
45. A suggested plan
Loquacious
Zealous
Facetious
Proposition
46. Innocent; unaware of what's going on
Naïve
Orthography
Voracious
Epiphany
47. Crude - violent - untamed
Imperative
Barbaric
Akin
Enervate
48. Empty; vacant
Soliloquy
Vacuous
Inception
Irony
49. Proud or overbearing
Zealous
Imperious
Irony
Suffragist
50. Rejection of all laws and institutions; anarchy
Nihilism
Philosophical
Xenophobe
Diffident