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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
catalyst
impasse
vacillate
statis
2. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
vacillate
dirge
convoluted
ambiguous
3. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
lavish
audacious
hegemony
catalyst
4. Deep hole
hermetic
deference
gregarious
abyss
5. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
gestation
analogous
wraith
posit
6. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
verbose
pariah
sentient
discern
7. A trace of something that once was present
analogous
ingrate
vestige
grievous
8. 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 ...
lucid
overwrought
coalesce
archaic
9. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
deference
phalanx
impasse
rhetoric
10. Clever - deceptive
amalgamate
wily
antagonize
esoteric
11. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
austere
intransigent
arbitrate
dirge
12. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
pristine
plethora
explicit
homogenous
13. Perceptive/sharp
austere
assail
deface
Keen
14. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
assail
debutante
dither
15. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
tome
quotidian
grovel
embellish
16. Social outcast
pariah
belfry
invective
tangential
17. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
unequivocal
panache
prodigal
wily
18. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
hermetic
aesthetic
catalyst
inundate
19. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
liberal
arbitrary
pungent
wraith
20. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
articulate
stigma
enigma
transitory
21. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
ingratiate
stigma
nuance
heterogeneous
22. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
hyperbole
ethos
embellish
inquest
23. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
quotidian
advocate
dither
pariah
24. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
ambiguous
esoteric
philistine
apathy
25. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
ethos
nuance
unconscionable
ingenuous
26. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
abstain
wily
frugality
connoisseur
27. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
acme
pristine
supplant
tangential
28. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
imbue
itinerant
intransigent
hermetic
29. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
stratagem
pristine
meticulous
sully
30. To perceive or recognize
discern
latent
convoluted
dogma
31. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
advocate
belfry
dirge
lethargic
32. Theft of property
symbiosis
connoisseur
affected
larceny
33. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
whimsical
symbiosis
polemic
sportive
34. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
elegy
audacious
ingrate
ambiguous
35. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
jettison
pajorative
gregarious
embellish
36. Pertaining to beauty
sentient
aesthetic
analogous
obstinate
37. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
assail
hegemony
deference
lucid
38. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
venerable
Fanatical
ingrate
latent
39. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
arbitrate
disparate
sully
articulate
40. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
lavish
intransigent
malleable
41. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
plethora
ambiguous
repudiate
Amulet
42. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
lament
ingratiate
unconscionable
sportive
43. Book - usually large and academic
elegy
ingenuous
tome
placate
44. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
articulate
connoisseur
naiive
whimsical
45. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
obstinate
rustic
supplant
latent
46. Respected because of age
venerable
eloquent
larceny
sentient
47. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
audacious
elegy
abeyance
heterogeneous
48. Turmoil/disorder
verbose
apathy
chaos
rustic
49. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
phalanx
hegemony
pervade
grovel
50. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
innocuous
axiom
boor
hermetic