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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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1. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
nuance
supplant
sportive
grievous
2. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
hermetic
statis
deface
tirade
3. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
acme
dogmatic
pristine
hyperbole
4. Growing in number quickly/spawn
hegemony
supplant
proliferate
rhetoric
5. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
assail
disparate
pristine
articulate
6. Clever - deceptive
supplant
philantropy
wily
wraith
7. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
surly
dilettante
posit
inquest
8. Relaxation - tranquility
repose
gregarious
eulogy
advocate
9. To choose not to do something
lucid
invective
abstain
dogma
10. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
jargon
sully
belfry
lament
11. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
zeal
burnish
quotidian
imbue
12. Frolicsome/ playful
sportive
Dilate
pervade
demagogue
13. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
explicit
tirade
audacious
judicious
14. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
opaque
articulate
proliferate
connoisseur
15. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
gregarious
plucky
aesthetic
pristine
16. No variation; tediously the same in sound
aesthetic
monotony
plethora
antagonize
17. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
abeyance
crescendo
unconscionable
pajorative
18. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
jargon
debutante
connoisseur
erratic
19. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
jettison
audacious
surly
deface
20. Tolerant - broad-minded
liberal
proliferate
ingenuous
Fanatical
21. Rebellion - mutiny
arbitrary
convoluted
insurrection
wily
22. Bucolic - rural
tangential
repast
rustic
invective
23. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
hermetic
intrepid
pariah
24. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
impervious
burnish
dogmatic
repast
25. Temporary; lasting a brief time
catalyst
transitory
enigma
deface
26. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
amalgamate
sully
statis
judicious
27. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
ambiguous
hyperbole
arbitrate
aesthetic
28. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
gestation
arbitrary
frugality
Dilate
29. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
arbitrary
venerable
grievous
gestation
30. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
deference
whimsical
impasse
grovel
31. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
hegemony
slake
judicious
lucid
32. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
esoteric
imbue
meticulous
tangential
33. Sociable; fond of the company of others
gregarious
invective
pervade
sentient
34. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
opaque
grievous
wraith
35. Respected because of age
erratic
venerable
supplant
disparate
36. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
embellish
ambiguous
chaos
pristine
37. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
panache
apathy
waver
surly
38. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
boor
pervade
dilettante
analogous
39. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
knell
naiive
affected
jargon
40. To perceive or recognize
rhetoric
homogenous
discern
plucky
41. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
eulogy
kindle
rustic
42. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
embellish
abeyance
terrestrial
sportive
43. Self contradictory
acme
knell
inquest
paradox
44. Caution/thrift/widom
dogmatic
prudence
pajorative
inquest
45. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
fallow
intransigent
ethos
disparate
46. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
Keen
lavish
convoluted
47. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
impasse
inundate
liberal
dither
48. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
embellish
liberal
kindle
49. Book - usually large and academic
whimsical
zeal
tome
Euphemism
50. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
acme
sentient
dogmatic
kindle