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