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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
judicious
hyperbole
explicit
overwrought
2. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
homogenous
abstain
frugality
repast
3. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
pervade
fallow
lucid
wraith
4. Clever - deceptive
hegemony
wily
ambiguous
affected
5. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
audacious
hermetic
esoteric
innocuous
6. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
repudiate
burnish
lavish
vacillate
7. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
alleviate
catalyst
abyss
placate
8. Set fire/excite
zenith
arbitrary
kindle
abeyance
9. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
apathy
adulterate
deface
terrestrial
10. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
ingrate
unequivocal
austere
ingratiate
11. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
deference
aerie
placate
Fanatical
12. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
repast
monotony
enigma
13. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
phalanx
sully
pristine
slake
14. To polish
deference
burnish
esoteric
surly
15. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
antagonize
elegy
veracity
dogmatic
16. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
fallow
assail
vacillate
aerie
17. Flamboyant/verve/dash
plethora
kindle
panache
rhetoric
18. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
lament
opaque
stratagem
jargon
19. Relaxation - tranquility
burnish
repose
waver
leery
20. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
sportive
lethargic
deference
21. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
eulogy
pervade
tome
volatile
22. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
dogmatic
impervious
statis
Keen
23. Caution/thrift/widom
sportive
prudence
disparate
tirade
24. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
eloquent
sully
advocate
zenith
25. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
tangential
abstain
posit
articulate
26. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
transitory
whimsical
convoluted
slake
27. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
hyperbole
debutante
permeate
larceny
28. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
waver
unconscionable
enigma
prudence
29. Mark of disgrace
stigma
statis
Euphemism
transitory
30. Effective writing or speaking
pungent
placate
liberal
rhetoric
31. Altruism/ charity
ingrate
philantropy
intrepid
aerie
32. No variation; tediously the same in sound
ingrate
acme
grovel
monotony
33. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
luminous
pariah
dogmatic
ingenuous
34. Easily aroused
volatile
opaque
quotidian
wily
35. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
surly
invective
veracity
leery
36. Turmoil/disorder
meticulous
unequivocal
chaos
abstain
37. To perceive or recognize
slake
discern
abstain
deface
38. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
wily
advocate
hermetic
ambiguous
39. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
wraith
intrepid
philistine
alleviate
40. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
plucky
arbitrary
boor
dogma
41. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
grievous
paradox
sentient
adulterate
42. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
whimsical
prudence
intransigent
placate
43. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
luminous
zeal
deface
austere
44. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
tangential
nuance
pungent
45. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
gestation
deface
ingenuous
invective
46. Excess
heterogeneous
austere
Keen
plethora
47. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
hyperbole
meticulous
tirade
repast
48. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
terrestrial
naiive
lavish
hegemony
49. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
lavish
symbiosis
crescendo
50. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
ambiguous
venerable
explicit
intransigent