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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. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
ingrate
apathy
surly
liberal
2. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
ingratiate
Fanatical
inundate
debutante
3. Suggest - propose an explanation
posit
hermetic
zeal
antagonize
4. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
permeate
jargon
gregarious
obstinate
5. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
frugality
symbiosis
ingratiate
connoisseur
6. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
prodigal
veracity
leery
permeate
7. Caution/thrift/widom
prudence
discern
phalanx
pristine
8. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
frugality
obstinate
analogous
9. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
phalanx
hegemony
grievous
hyperbole
10. Theft of property
hyperbole
larceny
bombastic
opaque
11. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repudiate
symbiosis
gregarious
knell
12. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
deface
larceny
slake
Fanatical
13. Altruism/ charity
dither
pajorative
philantropy
coalesce
14. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
acme
overwrought
coalesce
arbitrary
15. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
vestige
posit
heterogeneous
whimsical
16. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
repast
dirge
knell
articulate
17. Brilliant/glowing
Amulet
sentient
luminous
pristine
18. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
apathy
insurrection
Amulet
crescendo
19. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
meticulous
intransigent
Amulet
invective
20. Self contradictory
paradox
catalyst
disparate
vestige
21. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
tirade
placate
aesthetic
deference
22. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
pungent
homogenous
Amulet
jargon
23. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
archaic
rustic
demagogue
24. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
nascent
unconscionable
eulogy
permeate
25. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
jargon
sportive
boor
enigma
26. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
sportive
itinerant
lavish
27. Pertaining to beauty
eloquent
aesthetic
advocate
abstain
28. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
audacious
austere
rustic
hyperbole
29. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
catalyst
intransigent
phalanx
surly
30. Effective writing or speaking
intrepid
meticulous
alleviate
rhetoric
31. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
grovel
dirge
articulate
impervious
32. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
judicious
homogenous
wraith
permeate
33. Frolicsome/ playful
surly
sportive
stigma
explicit
34. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
pervade
unconscionable
larceny
articulate
35. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
ingrate
imbue
audacious
36. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
amalgamate
impervious
demagogue
discern
37. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
arbitrate
rhetoric
lucid
itinerant
38. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
lethargic
pervade
convoluted
dilettante
39. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
inquest
frugality
articulate
jargon
40. Plastic/phony/pretentious
gestation
dither
affected
pariah
41. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
larceny
aerie
dogmatic
archaic
42. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
plucky
lucid
paradox
austere
43. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
boor
impasse
convoluted
ambiguous
44. Perceptive/sharp
intrepid
jargon
Keen
knell
45. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
pungent
ingenuous
grievous
abeyance
46. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
chaos
invective
intransigent
monotony
47. Deep hole
arbitrary
homogenous
abyss
bombastic
48. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
quotidian
ambiguous
convoluted
debutante
49. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
alleviate
antagonize
abeyance
obstinate
50. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
gullible
verbose
surly
hermetic