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