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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. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
belfry
jettison
debutante
acme
2. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
gullible
convoluted
panache
Amulet
3. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
lucid
advocate
abyss
larceny
4. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
nascent
monotony
gestation
Dilate
5. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
austere
pariah
articulate
permeate
6. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
inundate
tangential
intransigent
abyss
7. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
austere
antagonize
connoisseur
belfry
8. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
gullible
panache
ingenuous
impasse
9. Wandering and unpredictable
wily
elegy
erratic
judicious
10. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
vestige
frugality
dogma
wraith
11. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
phalanx
prodigal
veracity
alleviate
12. Turmoil/disorder
elegy
venerable
chaos
axiom
13. Funeral bell/ omen of death
knell
fallow
whimsical
axiom
14. A trace of something that once was present
esoteric
dogmatic
vestige
pristine
15. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
liberal
debutante
gestation
hermetic
16. Brilliant/glowing
luminous
ingratiate
tome
surly
17. Old/antique/bygone/stale
austere
archaic
acme
nuance
18. Set fire/excite
grovel
aesthetic
kindle
chaos
19. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
intrepid
itinerant
volatile
gestation
20. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
hyperbole
Keen
vacillate
abyss
21. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
fallow
posit
stigma
dirge
22. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
pervade
lavish
sportive
dirge
23. Tolerant - broad-minded
Dilate
liberal
belfry
pajorative
24. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
tome
ambiguous
analogous
25. Altruism/ charity
aesthetic
belfry
wraith
philantropy
26. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
lethargic
homogenous
wily
polemic
27. Plastic/phony/pretentious
affected
demagogue
apathy
advocate
28. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
prodigal
repast
gullible
hermetic
29. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
fallow
dogma
sentient
plucky
30. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
transitory
rustic
boor
belfry
31. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
phalanx
burnish
veracity
pajorative
32. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
knell
repudiate
listless
axiom
33. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
terrestrial
hyperbole
statis
austere
34. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
venerable
unequivocal
eloquent
35. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
coalesce
repose
aesthetic
36. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
hermetic
kindle
hyperbole
slake
37. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
disparate
latent
tangential
panache
38. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
eulogy
dogmatic
liberal
inquest
39. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
monotony
itinerant
ambiguous
tirade
40. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
vacillate
ingenuous
obstinate
paradox
41. Clever - deceptive
audacious
monotony
wily
inundate
42. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
audacious
intransigent
dither
lament
43. Commute/replace/superceded
supplant
placate
Amulet
overwrought
44. Relaxation - tranquility
inundate
disparate
gestation
repose
45. To perceive or recognize
intrepid
ingrate
Euphemism
discern
46. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
abeyance
symbiosis
catalyst
adulterate
47. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
kindle
austere
hegemony
48. Flamboyant/verve/dash
imbue
panache
intransigent
axiom
49. To choose not to do something
repose
rustic
surly
abstain
50. Coalesce - fuse
surly
abeyance
burnish
amalgamate