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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. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
dogmatic
listless
analogous
phalanx
2. Respected because of age
impervious
venerable
burnish
liberal
3. Funeral bell/ omen of death
knell
axiom
deference
advocate
4. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
obstinate
malleable
zeal
kindle
5. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
Euphemism
connoisseur
austere
chaos
6. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
gregarious
demagogue
leery
ingenuous
7. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
antagonize
ingrate
deference
vestige
8. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
philistine
abyss
nuance
ingratiate
9. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
inundate
panache
permeate
10. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
apathy
leery
hyperbole
symbiosis
11. To expand like a woman in labor
disparate
malleable
Dilate
latent
12. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
lament
volatile
gullible
heterogeneous
13. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
statis
opaque
repose
listless
14. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
supplant
prodigal
Amulet
amalgamate
15. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
coalesce
innocuous
deface
lethargic
16. No variation; tediously the same in sound
repudiate
hermetic
monotony
insurrection
17. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
bombastic
lucid
wily
statis
18. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
knell
unequivocal
slake
abyss
19. Self contradictory
dogmatic
paradox
assail
impasse
20. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
stratagem
ingratiate
zenith
pungent
21. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
volatile
arbitrary
lament
affected
22. Book - usually large and academic
dogmatic
tome
venerable
dogma
23. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
affected
lethargic
eulogy
intransigent
24. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
imbue
dilettante
rustic
disparate
25. Deep hole
lavish
abyss
gestation
listless
26. Set fire/excite
homogenous
kindle
symbiosis
slake
27. Truthfulness
deface
repast
veracity
acme
28. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
eulogy
fallow
impasse
transitory
29. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
amalgamate
sentient
polemic
audacious
30. Clever - deceptive
lucid
wily
intractable
catalyst
31. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
vacillate
malleable
verbose
articulate
32. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
tome
pristine
zeal
gullible
33. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
fallow
nuance
dogmatic
34. Influence or domination over
ingenuous
panache
ingrate
hegemony
35. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
nuance
dilettante
judicious
36. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
imbue
naiive
dirge
zenith
37. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
Dilate
alleviate
posit
pajorative
38. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
zenith
audacious
advocate
judicious
39. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
proliferate
assail
hermetic
terrestrial
40. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
terrestrial
latent
ingenuous
dogma
41. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
philantropy
tangential
coalesce
verbose
42. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
aerie
discern
insurrection
rustic
43. Altruism/ charity
dirge
philantropy
intrepid
overwrought
44. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
disparate
banal
Amulet
45. Brilliant/glowing
hermetic
luminous
insurrection
whimsical
46. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
audacious
zenith
arbitrate
quotidian
47. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
monotony
hyperbole
audacious
stigma
48. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
embellish
aesthetic
enigma
rustic
49. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
chaos
tome
opaque
deference
50. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
eloquent
paradox
lavish
discern