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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
judicious
discern
fallow
2. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
malleable
heterogeneous
austere
waver
3. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
imbue
hegemony
lament
4. Temporary; lasting a brief time
overwrought
bombastic
transitory
jettison
5. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
Euphemism
enigma
invective
arbitrary
6. Turmoil/disorder
assail
grovel
tome
chaos
7. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
prodigal
lucid
itinerant
invective
8. Mark of disgrace
hyperbole
vacillate
quotidian
stigma
9. Tolerant - broad-minded
posit
liberal
waver
terrestrial
10. Brilliant/glowing
prodigal
luminous
knell
ambiguous
11. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
repose
opaque
articulate
ethos
12. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
eloquent
prudence
analogous
explicit
13. Truthfulness
tangential
enigma
sportive
veracity
14. Frolicsome/ playful
invective
pariah
lucid
sportive
15. No variation; tediously the same in sound
polemic
monotony
philantropy
permeate
16. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
venerable
philantropy
grovel
intransigent
17. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
sully
jettison
lavish
polemic
18. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
crescendo
antagonize
dogma
acme
19. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
slake
placate
frugality
alleviate
20. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical
deference
banal
zeal
21. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
Euphemism
ingrate
Amulet
insurrection
22. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
deference
proliferate
zeal
terrestrial
23. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
dogma
overwrought
Fanatical
placate
24. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
affected
nascent
proliferate
25. To expand like a woman in labor
repast
Dilate
overwrought
austere
26. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
dither
sentient
antagonize
27. Make impure/debase
gestation
waver
analogous
adulterate
28. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
repast
heterogeneous
waver
philistine
29. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
statis
belfry
Keen
banal
30. To choose not to do something
plucky
kindle
abstain
grievous
31. Plastic/phony/pretentious
transitory
coalesce
affected
knell
32. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
aerie
tangential
hyperbole
gullible
33. Deep hole
itinerant
disparate
abyss
judicious
34. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
alleviate
heterogeneous
dirge
erratic
35. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
affected
sportive
dirge
advocate
36. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
lucid
veracity
pajorative
sully
37. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
eloquent
ambiguous
pervade
nascent
38. An investigation or inquiry
debutante
inquest
meticulous
esoteric
39. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
nascent
hyperbole
impasse
pajorative
40. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
sully
repast
coalesce
erratic
41. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
wily
heterogeneous
volatile
grovel
42. Book - usually large and academic
phalanx
heterogeneous
discern
tome
43. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
assail
transitory
opaque
alleviate
44. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
plucky
intrepid
tangential
convoluted
45. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
nascent
liberal
grievous
lavish
46. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
nuance
bombastic
surly
philantropy
47. To attack or assault - beset
prudence
gregarious
archaic
assail
48. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
rustic
prodigal
lucid
arbitrary
49. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
pristine
eulogy
deface
lament
50. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
terrestrial
hermetic
fallow
abeyance