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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
malleable
jettison
convoluted
eloquent
2. Excess
innocuous
repudiate
hermetic
plethora
3. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
symbiosis
connoisseur
nuance
4. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
rustic
intractable
ingenuous
embellish
5. Deep hole
ingratiate
abyss
debutante
monotony
6. Easily aroused
volatile
Amulet
burnish
abeyance
7. Tolerant - broad-minded
explicit
pungent
liberal
dirge
8. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
sentient
stigma
intractable
grievous
9. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
prudence
pungent
adulterate
repast
10. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
repudiate
zeal
obstinate
jargon
11. Sociable; fond of the company of others
Amulet
arbitrary
gregarious
ingenuous
12. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
statis
inundate
abstain
13. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
deface
austere
assail
volatile
14. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
stratagem
sully
plucky
naiive
15. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
plucky
deference
articulate
chaos
16. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
pajorative
dirge
rhetoric
lavish
17. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
eulogy
unconscionable
sportive
intrepid
18. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
esoteric
intransigent
naiive
debutante
19. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
surly
dirge
waver
20. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
whimsical
gestation
eloquent
arbitrary
21. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
meticulous
impasse
Fanatical
nascent
22. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
dirge
waver
impervious
elegy
23. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
assail
volatile
naiive
demagogue
24. To expand like a woman in labor
Dilate
embellish
archaic
affected
25. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
rustic
pariah
pervade
phalanx
26. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
aerie
dither
monotony
lucid
27. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
arbitrary
erratic
tirade
axiom
28. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
veracity
nuance
arbitrary
supplant
29. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
nuance
larceny
crescendo
repudiate
30. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
Amulet
explicit
itinerant
31. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
pajorative
panache
obstinate
32. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
gregarious
sully
apathy
disparate
33. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
prudence
ingrate
aerie
nascent
34. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
monotony
dirge
insurrection
belfry
35. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
meticulous
affected
coalesce
plucky
36. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
unequivocal
arbitrate
apathy
panache
37. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
belfry
naiive
axiom
permeate
38. Effective writing or speaking
amalgamate
analogous
rhetoric
assail
39. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
zenith
wraith
symbiosis
proliferate
40. Respected because of age
pristine
permeate
venerable
frugality
41. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
quotidian
burnish
alleviate
monotony
42. Book - usually large and academic
inundate
frugality
repose
tome
43. Mark of disgrace
phalanx
stigma
alleviate
paradox
44. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
overwrought
pristine
Euphemism
dirge
45. Pertaining to beauty
insurrection
burnish
impervious
aesthetic
46. Growing in number quickly/spawn
plucky
proliferate
imbue
connoisseur
47. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
terrestrial
verbose
frugality
judicious
48. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
philantropy
waver
elegy
banal
49. Truthfulness
Fanatical
philantropy
veracity
boor
50. Clever - deceptive
wily
affected
meticulous
panache