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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. Ragged - torn
reverberation
tattered
ogle
dross
2. Sluggish inactivity or inertia
torpor
provincialize
fret
dilapidated
3. Full of complaints
querulous
hull
clairvoyant
flume
4. Worn-out
tattered
frazzled
abiding
belated
5. Arrogantly assuming knowledge of what is or what is to come
presumptuous
laconic
sequester
torpor
6. Willing to receive suggestions
receptive
embryonic
overweening
pristine
7. A translation or interpretation
modulation
rendition
sprawl
sequester
8. To feel or express worry - annoyance
wrongheaded
clairvoyant
laconic
fret
9. To make unsophisticated or unfashionable
sprawl
mediation
coalesce
provincialize
10. A gentle reprimand
frazzled
avert
suffuse
admonition
11. To look at flirtatiously
internalize
ogle
utmost
wrongheaded
12. Of the greatest degree or quality
utmost
resuscitate
admonition
inexplicable
13. Unexpected gain
uncannily
windfall
underpinnings
torrid
14. A foundation or basis
underpinnings
coherent
coalesce
tattered
15. An attempt of a peaceful settlement through a third party
laconic
wry
mediation
ogle
16. To breathe abnormally fast and deep
laconic
hyperventilate
underpinnings
ancestral
17. Strengthening or hardening
abiding
taper
annealing
windfall
18. To revive from death or unconsciousness
resuscitate
propensity
tattered
radiant
19. To examine in detail
noncommittal
scrutinize
internalize
mediation
20. Someone who doesnt want to spend money
wrongheaded
skinflint
ogle
uncannily
21. An accidental advantage
fluke
throes
haltingly
reverberation
22. A narrow gorge with a stream flowing through it
flume
fluke
mediation
apt
23. Extraordinarily
skinflint
provincialize
avert
uncannily
24. To laugh nervously
windfall
titter
burnish
garish
25. Coming after the expected time
fret
belated
dilapidated
throes
26. Having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range or natural vision
bulbous
ancestral
clairvoyant
dispossessed
27. To blend together
mediation
coalesce
suffuse
ancestral
28. Basic - undeveloped
underpinnings
tattered
doctrine
embryonic
29. Betraying the use of intellect rather than intuition
sequester
cerebral
provincialize
wrongheaded
30. An opening move in which a player in a game seeks to obtain some advantage
vernacular
gambit
dilapidated
ancestral
31. Shabby - wretched
dross
hyperventilate
laconic
scrubby
32. Tastelessly showy
ancestral
embryonic
garish
internalize
33. Enduring steadfast
ancestral
titter
abiding
lull
34. To cause to become irritated or upset
throes
annealing
jangle
scrubby
35. To take in and make personal ones attitudes or beliefs
internalize
admonition
gambit
doctrine
36. Bitterly amusing
fluke
unravel
wry
annealing
37. Greedy
garish
provincialize
embryonic
avaricious
38. Unhappy or miserable
haltingly
radiant
forlorn
apt
39. To soothe or quiet
dispossessed
propensity
lull
avaricious
40. A tendency
unravel
radiant
propensity
internalize
41. Hesitatingly
underpinnings
ancestral
haltingly
vernacular
42. Possessions evicted
receptive
dispossessed
burnish
sequester
43. Waste matter - something of no value
abiding
dross
prissy
haltingly
44. To sit or lie in a relaxed position
ancestral
taper
sprawl
forlorn
45. Incapable of being explained
forlorn
inexplicable
taper
frazzled
46. Shining bright
vernacular
avocation
radiant
tattered
47. Bulging
frazzled
modulation
bulbous
clairvoyant
48. Solitude or seclude
sequester
sacrilegious
radiant
querulous
49. To irritate - annoy - or provoke
nettle
receptive
avocation
sacrilegious
50. Original beginning
coalesce
apt
primordial
ogle