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Creative Writing Vocab
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Subjects
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writing-skills
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bvat
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Coming after the expected time
belated
resuscitate
clairvoyant
scrubby
2. Suited to the purpose or occasion
embryonic
apt
torrid
scrubby
3. An opening move in which a player in a game seeks to obtain some advantage
gambit
propensity
lull
pristine
4. Solitude or seclude
titter
sequester
modulation
nettle
5. An accidental advantage
taper
unravel
fluke
wry
6. Enduring steadfast
sprawl
resuscitate
querulous
abiding
7. A condition or agonizing struggle
throes
hull
torpor
reverberation
8. Worn-out
provincialize
lull
frazzled
ancestral
9. The persistence of sound after the source has stopped
gambit
nettle
radiant
reverberation
10. Logically connected
coherent
dispossessed
haltingly
hyperventilate
11. To spread with liquid - color - or light
frazzled
wrongheaded
rendition
suffuse
12. A translation or interpretation
lull
scrutinize
underpinnings
rendition
13. Prim or proper
tattered
prissy
abiding
pristine
14. To irritate - annoy - or provoke
embryonic
inexplicable
nettle
avert
15. A pleasure or hobby
dross
avocation
garish
windfall
16. Incapable of being explained
coherent
fret
inexplicable
primordial
17. To look at flirtatiously
abiding
throes
ogle
titter
18. Conceited - overconfident - or proud
overweening
lull
admonition
ogle
19. To sit or lie in a relaxed position
querulous
sprawl
sequester
apt
20. To breathe abnormally fast and deep
belated
sequester
sacrilegious
hyperventilate
21. To examine in detail
scrutinize
underpinnings
tattered
windfall
22. To solve or make clear
unravel
coalesce
prissy
ogle
23. Full of complaints
modulation
belated
dispossessed
querulous
24. Uncorrupted or unsullied
internalize
reverberation
pristine
torpor
25. Shabby - wretched
propensity
scrubby
primordial
unravel
26. Someone who doesnt want to spend money
suffuse
skinflint
frazzled
taper
27. Having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range or natural vision
provincialize
clairvoyant
primordial
noncommittal
28. Hesitatingly
coherent
haltingly
embryonic
avocation
29. A tendency
prissy
internalize
propensity
noncommittal
30. To feel or express worry - annoyance
suffuse
lull
taper
fret
31. Misguided and stubborn
resuscitate
lull
wrongheaded
underpinnings
32. Oppressively hot
torrid
underpinnings
sequester
sprawl
33. Ragged - torn
inexplicable
embryonic
internalize
tattered
34. A particular principle - position - or policy taught or advocated - as of a religion or government
doctrine
clairvoyant
receptive
lull
35. Basic - undeveloped
coalesce
tattered
mediation
embryonic
36. To turn away or aside
avert
cerebral
vernacular
annealing
37. Sluggish inactivity or inertia
scrutinize
torpor
throes
lull
38. Unhappy or miserable
titter
hyperventilate
forlorn
ancestral
39. Arrogantly assuming knowledge of what is or what is to come
presumptuous
burnish
haltingly
resuscitate
40. To become more slender toward one end
cerebral
abiding
rendition
taper
41. To revive from death or unconsciousness
modulation
wry
overweening
resuscitate
42. Fallen into partial ruin or decay
belated
jangle
dilapidated
resuscitate
43. Betraying the use of intellect rather than intuition
rendition
cerebral
fluke
pristine
44. Extraordinarily
uncannily
primordial
throes
avaricious
45. Grossly irreverent toward what is sacred
resuscitate
sacrilegious
abiding
tattered
46. Strengthening or hardening
annealing
apt
jangle
avocation
47. Of the greatest degree or quality
abiding
doctrine
utmost
apt
48. Original beginning
nettle
primordial
windfall
overweening
49. Any covering or envelope as a seed or fruit
receptive
hull
wry
unravel
50. Using few words
mediation
wrongheaded
receptive
laconic