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