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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
titter
tattered
prissy
annealing
2. Basic - undeveloped
embryonic
unravel
tattered
underpinnings
3. To examine in detail
doctrine
skinflint
scrutinize
dilapidated
4. To irritate - annoy - or provoke
suffuse
nettle
sprawl
pristine
5. A particular principle - position - or policy taught or advocated - as of a religion or government
doctrine
querulous
wrongheaded
radiant
6. A statement that seems self-contradictory but expresses a possible truth
dross
radiant
hyperventilate
paradox
7. The standard native language of a country
annealing
flume
vernacular
noncommittal
8. To spread with liquid - color - or light
coherent
suffuse
skinflint
avert
9. Using few words
annealing
laconic
skinflint
primordial
10. To polish a surface by friction
forlorn
annealing
vernacular
burnish
11. Sluggish inactivity or inertia
primordial
dispossessed
sequester
torpor
12. A foundation or basis
sequester
underpinnings
dilapidated
inexplicable
13. Uncorrupted or unsullied
pristine
receptive
torpor
unravel
14. A translation or interpretation
lull
rendition
torrid
doctrine
15. To soothe or quiet
scrutinize
hyperventilate
lull
paradox
16. Bulging
unravel
ogle
bulbous
pristine
17. To become more slender toward one end
receptive
taper
doctrine
jangle
18. To look at flirtatiously
fluke
wry
ogle
coherent
19. Greedy
ancestral
avaricious
scrubby
scrutinize
20. Conceited - overconfident - or proud
jangle
overweening
primordial
flume
21. Hesitatingly
annealing
fluke
noncommittal
haltingly
22. An accidental advantage
torrid
bulbous
fluke
apt
23. Worn-out
frazzled
annealing
primordial
prissy
24. A tendency
skinflint
frazzled
paradox
propensity
25. Not revealing what one thinks
underpinnings
presumptuous
avocation
noncommittal
26. Possessions evicted
dispossessed
coherent
receptive
belated
27. Someone who doesnt want to spend money
coherent
mediation
skinflint
coalesce
28. Tastelessly showy
vernacular
unravel
garish
paradox
29. Original beginning
coalesce
primordial
scrubby
pristine
30. Shabby - wretched
scrubby
haltingly
laconic
embryonic
31. Enduring steadfast
abiding
unravel
taper
prissy
32. Bitterly amusing
torpor
haltingly
gambit
wry
33. To make unsophisticated or unfashionable
fluke
provincialize
primordial
overweening
34. Suited to the purpose or occasion
ancestral
burnish
apt
prissy
35. To cause to become irritated or upset
clairvoyant
unravel
jangle
torrid
36. The persistence of sound after the source has stopped
fret
noncommittal
sacrilegious
reverberation
37. Misguided and stubborn
wrongheaded
pristine
avocation
avert
38. Having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range or natural vision
haltingly
paradox
clairvoyant
dispossessed
39. To laugh nervously
doctrine
internalize
prissy
titter
40. An opening move in which a player in a game seeks to obtain some advantage
cerebral
annealing
inexplicable
gambit
41. Grossly irreverent toward what is sacred
sprawl
burnish
sacrilegious
torpor
42. Strengthening or hardening
internalize
annealing
skinflint
presumptuous
43. To breathe abnormally fast and deep
suffuse
hyperventilate
overweening
reverberation
44. Unexpected gain
nettle
skinflint
primordial
windfall
45. Prim or proper
torrid
coherent
prissy
querulous
46. Regulating or toning down
avaricious
provincialize
querulous
modulation
47. To sit or lie in a relaxed position
sprawl
haltingly
wrongheaded
radiant
48. Extraordinarily
uncannily
reverberation
rendition
garish
49. Betraying the use of intellect rather than intuition
hull
cerebral
abiding
titter
50. To blend together
torrid
coalesce
suffuse
frazzled