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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. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
hegemony
listless
unconscionable
whimsical
2. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
heterogeneous
latent
dirge
hermetic
3. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
rustic
malleable
jargon
boor
4. An investigation or inquiry
homogenous
hermetic
ingenuous
inquest
5. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
invective
nascent
pungent
rhetoric
6. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
dirge
stratagem
arbitrate
philantropy
7. Caution/thrift/widom
assail
dither
Fanatical
prudence
8. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
lucid
nascent
crescendo
coalesce
9. Coalesce - fuse
stratagem
elegy
amalgamate
unconscionable
10. A trace of something that once was present
ingenuous
archaic
dogma
vestige
11. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
malleable
meticulous
intrepid
waver
12. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
eulogy
debutante
archaic
articulate
13. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
ambiguous
erratic
Fanatical
deface
14. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
adulterate
deference
permeate
repast
15. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
gestation
imbue
sentient
surly
16. Book - usually large and academic
impasse
vestige
elegy
tome
17. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
demagogue
naiive
judicious
audacious
18. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
homogenous
ingenuous
impervious
itinerant
19. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
gestation
larceny
lavish
apathy
20. Old/antique/bygone/stale
aesthetic
archaic
luminous
impasse
21. Altruism/ charity
apathy
intransigent
philantropy
convoluted
22. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
pervade
connoisseur
venerable
hermetic
23. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
homogenous
catalyst
jargon
lethargic
24. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
homogenous
catalyst
discern
25. Pertaining to beauty
lucid
larceny
zeal
aesthetic
26. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
dilettante
ethos
bombastic
arbitrate
27. Influence or domination over
assail
monotony
hegemony
unconscionable
28. Tolerant - broad-minded
grovel
liberal
pariah
pervade
29. Bucolic - rural
rhetoric
dirge
repast
rustic
30. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
convoluted
plucky
dilettante
lament
31. No variation; tediously the same in sound
statis
alleviate
jettison
monotony
32. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
stigma
articulate
hegemony
antagonize
33. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
pristine
grievous
symbiosis
pervade
34. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
affected
Euphemism
sully
dither
35. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
belfry
sentient
debutante
dirge
36. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
frugality
audacious
slake
37. Frolicsome/ playful
debutante
sportive
crescendo
philistine
38. Truthfulness
ingenuous
veracity
crescendo
plucky
39. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
quotidian
esoteric
veracity
connoisseur
40. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
symbiosis
leery
articulate
heterogeneous
41. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
lucid
pervade
placate
amalgamate
42. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
ingenuous
abstain
convoluted
articulate
43. Clever - deceptive
wily
arbitrate
embellish
Dilate
44. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
Amulet
eulogy
aerie
hermetic
45. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
lucid
wily
statis
assail
46. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
zeal
intrepid
deface
insurrection
47. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
ingratiate
quotidian
coalesce
verbose
48. Self contradictory
paradox
ingrate
volatile
debutante
49. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
hyperbole
hermetic
Dilate
ambiguous
50. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
adulterate
opaque
hegemony
ethos