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Subjects
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 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. Deep hole
bombastic
proliferate
enigma
abyss
2. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
listless
zenith
gregarious
volatile
3. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
heterogeneous
eulogy
liberal
eloquent
4. Altruism/ charity
connoisseur
vacillate
listless
philantropy
5. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
frugality
debutante
heterogeneous
naiive
6. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
disparate
insurrection
enigma
amalgamate
7. To polish
dirge
burnish
lament
permeate
8. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
zenith
terrestrial
permeate
analogous
9. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
eloquent
dilettante
heterogeneous
10. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
articulate
overwrought
polemic
sully
11. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
verbose
obstinate
Amulet
intransigent
12. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
impervious
Amulet
fallow
lament
13. Set fire/excite
kindle
tome
plethora
inundate
14. Respected because of age
inquest
proliferate
demagogue
venerable
15. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
coalesce
sully
advocate
zenith
16. Self contradictory
verbose
intransigent
lavish
paradox
17. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
austere
luminous
lament
dirge
18. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
pajorative
banal
axiom
insurrection
19. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
zenith
obstinate
impervious
quotidian
20. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
venerable
deference
crescendo
gestation
21. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
deface
arbitrary
convoluted
disparate
22. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
panache
dirge
pungent
Dilate
23. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
stratagem
arbitrary
ingratiate
posit
24. Book - usually large and academic
wraith
repast
tome
explicit
25. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
boor
malleable
polemic
26. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
philistine
veracity
repudiate
27. A trace of something that once was present
gullible
dilettante
vestige
wily
28. Make impure/debase
aerie
arbitrate
adulterate
plucky
29. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
naiive
proliferate
dirge
ingrate
30. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
esoteric
dogmatic
vestige
debutante
31. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
archaic
grievous
liberal
supplant
32. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
assail
coalesce
polemic
axiom
33. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
tangential
stratagem
surly
opaque
34. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
jettison
hermetic
intrepid
vacillate
35. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
monotony
surly
lethargic
overwrought
36. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
philistine
lament
nuance
ingenuous
37. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
slake
impervious
latent
liberal
38. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
abyss
banal
obstinate
zenith
39. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
vacillate
apathy
gullible
waver
40. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
waver
innocuous
deference
aerie
41. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
deference
boor
acme
affected
42. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
ingratiate
phalanx
pungent
arbitrary
43. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
tangential
archaic
lavish
pervade
44. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
sully
pristine
ethos
tome
45. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
inundate
lucid
waver
ingrate
46. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
overwrought
apathy
intractable
acme
47. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
jettison
audacious
symbiosis
hegemony
48. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
arbitrate
lethargic
luminous
sentient
49. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
volatile
veracity
pajorative
naiive
50. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
zeal
deference
sportive