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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. Using few words
garish
laconic
flume
taper
2. Fallen into partial ruin or decay
dilapidated
utmost
dispossessed
coalesce
3. The persistence of sound after the source has stopped
apt
provincialize
reverberation
frazzled
4. Conceited - overconfident - or proud
hyperventilate
mediation
overweening
sacrilegious
5. Betraying the use of intellect rather than intuition
paradox
internalize
taper
cerebral
6. To cause to become irritated or upset
presumptuous
jangle
garish
propensity
7. To sit or lie in a relaxed position
ancestral
throes
sprawl
vernacular
8. Grossly irreverent toward what is sacred
garish
wrongheaded
sacrilegious
frazzled
9. To revive from death or unconsciousness
resuscitate
presumptuous
pristine
radiant
10. A tendency
fluke
haltingly
propensity
scrutinize
11. Worn-out
frazzled
laconic
ancestral
radiant
12. A statement that seems self-contradictory but expresses a possible truth
rendition
bulbous
coherent
paradox
13. To become more slender toward one end
prissy
overweening
provincialize
taper
14. Greedy
avaricious
haltingly
modulation
inexplicable
15. A foundation or basis
fluke
noncommittal
underpinnings
dross
16. Not revealing what one thinks
presumptuous
belated
noncommittal
throes
17. Having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range or natural vision
querulous
tattered
clairvoyant
overweening
18. Waste matter - something of no value
clairvoyant
ancestral
dross
cerebral
19. Misguided and stubborn
primordial
flume
wrongheaded
uncannily
20. To blend together
coalesce
sprawl
taper
laconic
21. Descending from ancestors
ancestral
coalesce
flume
paradox
22. Strengthening or hardening
annealing
resuscitate
jangle
apt
23. Of the greatest degree or quality
utmost
dilapidated
annealing
provincialize
24. An opening move in which a player in a game seeks to obtain some advantage
throes
torrid
sprawl
gambit
25. Bitterly amusing
wry
admonition
titter
taper
26. A narrow gorge with a stream flowing through it
paradox
flume
hyperventilate
modulation
27. Coming after the expected time
apt
pristine
belated
resuscitate
28. Extraordinarily
tattered
ogle
avaricious
uncannily
29. To solve or make clear
abiding
unravel
haltingly
wrongheaded
30. Shabby - wretched
overweening
scrubby
coalesce
garish
31. To irritate - annoy - or provoke
dross
frazzled
nettle
coalesce
32. To spread with liquid - color - or light
nettle
suffuse
ogle
haltingly
33. To feel or express worry - annoyance
abiding
fret
avert
querulous
34. Original beginning
sequester
primordial
windfall
clairvoyant
35. A condition or agonizing struggle
torrid
titter
wry
throes
36. A pleasure or hobby
internalize
avocation
throes
bulbous
37. The standard native language of a country
inexplicable
utmost
scrubby
vernacular
38. An attempt of a peaceful settlement through a third party
mediation
hyperventilate
utmost
belated
39. To laugh nervously
noncommittal
modulation
suffuse
titter
40. To breathe abnormally fast and deep
primordial
forlorn
internalize
hyperventilate
41. Basic - undeveloped
abiding
vernacular
embryonic
torpor
42. An accidental advantage
throes
avert
fluke
flume
43. To examine in detail
scrutinize
avert
windfall
laconic
44. Any covering or envelope as a seed or fruit
overweening
torpor
suffuse
hull
45. Ragged - torn
clairvoyant
tattered
pristine
sprawl
46. To look at flirtatiously
coalesce
abiding
ogle
underpinnings
47. Uncorrupted or unsullied
presumptuous
pristine
laconic
scrutinize
48. Oppressively hot
coherent
jangle
resuscitate
torrid
49. Sluggish inactivity or inertia
resuscitate
torpor
forlorn
dilapidated
50. Hesitatingly
embryonic
sacrilegious
haltingly
tattered