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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
banal
whimsical
ambiguous
apathy
2. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
repose
ingenuous
demagogue
abeyance
3. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
audacious
Amulet
coalesce
inquest
4. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
luminous
repose
zenith
5. Temporary; lasting a brief time
lament
transitory
lavish
liberal
6. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
boor
prudence
lavish
aerie
7. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
rustic
archaic
slake
stratagem
8. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
fallow
lavish
heterogeneous
philantropy
9. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
apathy
lament
Dilate
intractable
10. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
ingratiate
volatile
dirge
philantropy
11. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
adulterate
pungent
axiom
tirade
12. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
esoteric
phalanx
tome
terrestrial
13. Altruism/ charity
gregarious
philantropy
opaque
arbitrate
14. Caution/thrift/widom
obstinate
judicious
prudence
hyperbole
15. Suggest - propose an explanation
innocuous
malleable
posit
repast
16. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
fallow
innocuous
naiive
abyss
17. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
unequivocal
ingrate
nuance
jargon
18. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
dirge
demagogue
pristine
19. Excess
dirge
plethora
bombastic
arbitrate
20. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
verbose
Euphemism
overwrought
21. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
placate
listless
symbiosis
nuance
22. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
supplant
permeate
liberal
imbue
23. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
stratagem
grievous
vacillate
pervade
24. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
apathy
intransigent
embellish
sully
25. Old/antique/bygone/stale
repudiate
stigma
archaic
impasse
26. Set fire/excite
terrestrial
kindle
heterogeneous
luminous
27. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
audacious
vestige
meticulous
pajorative
28. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
impasse
pristine
vacillate
frugality
29. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
adulterate
naiive
prodigal
Euphemism
30. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
terrestrial
inquest
naiive
plucky
31. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
acme
prodigal
jettison
ingrate
32. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
crescendo
repose
tangential
luminous
33. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
plucky
dirge
gullible
lucid
34. Influence or domination over
invective
knell
lament
hegemony
35. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
acme
intractable
permeate
debutante
36. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
convoluted
naiive
disparate
grovel
37. Make impure/debase
abstain
rustic
adulterate
demagogue
38. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
inundate
tangential
panache
39. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
innocuous
bombastic
pristine
imbue
40. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
lucid
liberal
pervade
41. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
crescendo
stigma
arbitrary
axiom
42. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
Euphemism
deference
abyss
archaic
43. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
leery
aerie
listless
veracity
44. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
pariah
impasse
pristine
dirge
45. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
luminous
esoteric
itinerant
whimsical
46. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
stratagem
prudence
gullible
pajorative
47. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
hermetic
surly
wraith
inundate
48. To expand like a woman in labor
arbitrary
analogous
Dilate
sully
49. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
intransigent
impasse
advocate
fallow
50. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
pajorative
sentient
intrepid
kindle