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Subjects
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 24 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. Exposing human folly to ridicule
caustic
conciliatory
sanctimonious
satiric
2. Arousing affect
sanctimonious
colloquial
caustic
poignant
3. Brief and to the point - brief and to the point
caustic
terse
laconic
ribald
4. Expressing sorrow often for something past
self-depreciating
elegiac
derisive
laconic
5. Excessively or hypocritically pious
sanctimonious
laconic
callous
flippant
6. Humorously vulgar
derisive
ribald
poignant
sardonic
7. Showing inappropriate levity
elegiac
flippant
derisive
colloquial
8. Feeling great rapture or delight
self-depreciating
rapturous
didactic
callous
9. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
obsequious
acerbic
colloquial
callous
10. Brief and to the point
terse
callous
laconic
self-depreciating
11. Overcoming animosity or hostility
conciliatory
satiric
speculative
erudite
12. Disdainfully or ironically humorous
forthright
poignant
sardonic
sanctimonious
13. Belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest
flippant
satiric
self-depreciating
elegiac
14. Having or showing profound knowledge
sardonic
flippant
terse
erudite
15. Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
obsequious
erudite
terse
acerbic
16. Having a bad disposition
churlish
ribald
sardonic
didactic
17. Instructive (especially excessively)
didactic
acerbic
self-depreciating
satiric
18. Characterized by directness in manner or speech
forthright
elegiac
laconic
terse
19. Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
laconic
self-depreciating
forthright
caustic
20. Not based on fact or investigation
erudite
terse
ribald
speculative
21. Quickly aroused to anger
acerbic
sardonic
choleric
speculative
22. Make insensitive or callous
flippant
speculative
derisive
callous
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone
rapturous
self-depreciating
acerbic
laconic
24. Abusing vocally
sardonic
derisive
acerbic
self-depreciating