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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
eulogy
permeate
deface
Euphemism
2. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
itinerant
unconscionable
quotidian
imbue
3. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
advocate
prudence
stigma
nuance
4. Commute/replace/superceded
grievous
austere
repose
supplant
5. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
latent
plucky
impervious
proliferate
6. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
adulterate
tirade
judicious
debutante
7. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
debutante
venerable
imbue
eulogy
8. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
articulate
jargon
disparate
meticulous
9. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
jettison
panache
banal
stratagem
10. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
impervious
hegemony
bombastic
lament
11. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
impervious
nascent
plucky
12. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
sully
zeal
aesthetic
obstinate
13. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
venerable
surly
frugality
Keen
14. Mark of disgrace
boor
stigma
axiom
insurrection
15. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
belfry
lavish
statis
nascent
16. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
overwrought
placate
crescendo
17. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
whimsical
vacillate
intrepid
grovel
18. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
Euphemism
homogenous
intractable
lethargic
19. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
nascent
supplant
zeal
20. 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 ...
stratagem
chaos
gestation
lucid
21. Suggest - propose an explanation
disparate
posit
Amulet
venerable
22. Sociable; fond of the company of others
gregarious
catalyst
repose
posit
23. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
advocate
Euphemism
coalesce
luminous
24. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
vestige
coalesce
phalanx
assail
25. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
deference
venerable
symbiosis
itinerant
26. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
posit
pristine
coalesce
whimsical
27. Excess
plethora
rhetoric
abyss
unconscionable
28. Clever - deceptive
listless
wily
erratic
pajorative
29. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
Dilate
lavish
Amulet
intransigent
30. To attack or assault - beset
antagonize
alleviate
hermetic
assail
31. Perceptive/sharp
Keen
grievous
rhetoric
innocuous
32. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
apathy
zeal
impervious
polemic
33. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
sully
acme
nuance
malleable
34. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
demagogue
plucky
dogma
statis
35. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
aesthetic
repudiate
sportive
affected
36. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
explicit
sully
intrepid
Amulet
37. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
crescendo
esoteric
innocuous
imbue
38. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
stratagem
zenith
advocate
surly
39. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
bombastic
sully
meticulous
aerie
40. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
ingratiate
dirge
gestation
41. Caution/thrift/widom
demagogue
heterogeneous
prudence
itinerant
42. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
tirade
impasse
advocate
43. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
deference
lucid
invective
ambiguous
44. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
arbitrary
pariah
polemic
analogous
45. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
explicit
veracity
demagogue
46. Set fire/excite
Amulet
kindle
ingenuous
debutante
47. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
paradox
pristine
ethos
Amulet
48. To polish
arbitrate
disparate
dirge
burnish
49. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
tangential
jargon
unconscionable
jettison
50. No variation; tediously the same in sound
monotony
aesthetic
abstain
polemic