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