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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Book - usually large and academic
obstinate
polemic
gullible
tome
2. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
prodigal
leery
posit
malleable
3. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
lucid
nuance
plucky
rhetoric
4. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
jettison
liberal
articulate
abeyance
5. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
quotidian
itinerant
symbiosis
ethos
6. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
lucid
supplant
dirge
repudiate
7. Effective writing or speaking
Keen
ethos
rhetoric
archaic
8. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
arbitrate
intransigent
plucky
repast
9. Brilliant/glowing
paradox
naiive
luminous
lament
10. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
heterogeneous
convoluted
gestation
assail
11. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
alleviate
pristine
connoisseur
belfry
12. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...
lucid
Amulet
prudence
intransigent
13. To polish
banal
phalanx
burnish
intransigent
14. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
bombastic
dirge
imbue
lucid
15. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
advocate
philistine
grievous
ingenuous
16. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
larceny
alleviate
deference
17. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
vacillate
Amulet
obstinate
grovel
18. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
naiive
deface
hermetic
axiom
19. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
pajorative
repose
rustic
homogenous
20. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
ethos
dirge
discern
sully
21. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
dirge
wraith
amalgamate
belfry
22. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
symbiosis
rhetoric
impervious
posit
23. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
plethora
disparate
analogous
whimsical
24. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
pajorative
rustic
coalesce
obstinate
25. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
convoluted
inundate
dogmatic
26. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
jettison
pariah
disparate
grovel
27. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
terrestrial
pristine
intractable
inquest
28. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
esoteric
symbiosis
demagogue
imbue
29. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
posit
alleviate
stigma
rustic
30. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
itinerant
erratic
intractable
31. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
lethargic
zeal
sully
frugality
32. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
stratagem
knell
dither
fallow
33. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
convoluted
volatile
rustic
34. Coalesce - fuse
grievous
lavish
affected
amalgamate
35. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
axiom
proliferate
disparate
dogmatic
36. To perceive or recognize
dirge
zeal
discern
antagonize
37. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
vestige
supplant
ingratiate
opaque
38. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
audacious
verbose
heterogeneous
dither
39. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
eloquent
pajorative
panache
antagonize
40. Social outcast
Dilate
gregarious
pariah
impervious
41. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
ethos
gullible
jargon
42. Growing in number quickly/spawn
belfry
unequivocal
sully
proliferate
43. Flamboyant/verve/dash
imbue
invective
stigma
panache
44. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
luminous
symbiosis
placate
zeal
45. To expand like a woman in labor
Dilate
burnish
volatile
arbitrary
46. Respected because of age
discern
convoluted
venerable
posit
47. Truthfulness
insurrection
hegemony
veracity
lucid
48. Self contradictory
homogenous
banal
embellish
paradox
49. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
dilettante
slake
gregarious
boor
50. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
frugality
whimsical
dither
bombastic