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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. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
waver
grovel
terrestrial
alleviate
2. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
leery
axiom
antagonize
deference
3. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
analogous
zenith
jargon
hegemony
4. 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 ...
quotidian
lucid
hyperbole
kindle
5. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
analogous
inundate
quotidian
zeal
6. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
luminous
catalyst
arbitrate
boor
7. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
dirge
esoteric
paradox
pristine
8. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
bombastic
acme
axiom
stratagem
9. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
waver
embellish
banal
plucky
10. Tolerant - broad-minded
stigma
acme
inundate
liberal
11. Effective writing or speaking
dogmatic
repose
rhetoric
nascent
12. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
opaque
articulate
jettison
dogmatic
13. Respected because of age
surly
venerable
repudiate
philantropy
14. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
terrestrial
banal
phalanx
pajorative
15. Growing in number quickly/spawn
proliferate
homogenous
panache
esoteric
16. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
ingratiate
ethos
catalyst
stigma
17. Easily aroused
eulogy
pristine
intransigent
volatile
18. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
antagonize
assail
venerable
deference
19. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
liberal
eloquent
unconscionable
obstinate
20. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
surly
dirge
enigma
sportive
21. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
sentient
impervious
hermetic
debutante
22. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
jettison
latent
esoteric
plucky
23. Old/antique/bygone/stale
quotidian
wily
ingratiate
archaic
24. Excess
prudence
philantropy
repast
plethora
25. To choose not to do something
intractable
abstain
panache
antagonize
26. Frolicsome/ playful
sportive
plethora
belfry
lament
27. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
opaque
hermetic
impasse
larceny
28. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
volatile
explicit
adulterate
29. Caution/thrift/widom
quotidian
prudence
adulterate
rhetoric
30. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
innocuous
pristine
philistine
31. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
panache
sentient
axiom
vacillate
32. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
convoluted
dirge
demagogue
placate
33. Social outcast
unequivocal
gullible
surly
pariah
34. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
philantropy
pariah
paradox
invective
35. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
prudence
sully
frugality
Amulet
36. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
tome
repast
polemic
discern
37. No variation; tediously the same in sound
belfry
zeal
Euphemism
monotony
38. Theft of property
listless
deface
nuance
larceny
39. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
demagogue
knell
fallow
lethargic
40. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
hermetic
monotony
itinerant
ambiguous
41. Clever - deceptive
monotony
grovel
crescendo
wily
42. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
hermetic
dogma
obstinate
dilettante
43. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
larceny
crescendo
austere
grievous
44. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
liberal
surly
articulate
impervious
45. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
burnish
embellish
Keen
transitory
46. Brilliant/glowing
luminous
aerie
eulogy
wraith
47. Plastic/phony/pretentious
hermetic
pungent
affected
embellish
48. Flamboyant/verve/dash
lucid
tangential
panache
disparate
49. To perceive or recognize
aesthetic
discern
catalyst
plethora
50. Set fire/excite
kindle
knell
ingrate
proliferate