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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Native to a particular people or country
credulous
endemic
verify
euphoria
2. A letter or message sent
euphoria
missive
topography
conspicuous
3. A figure of speach in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
contradict
etymology
cacaphony
hyperbole
4. The belief that there is no god/God
hyperbole
credible
beneficiary
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
5. Sitting in wait for; treacherous - more dangerous than seems evident.
malicious
insidious
excursion
concur
6. One who loves people
subversive
monotheism
philanthropist
hyperglycemia
7. To continue
posterity
credulous
procede
antiquity
8. Fond of eating - drinking - and being sociable together
pedestrian
synchronize
convivial
coherent
9. To get the foot entangled; anyhting that hinders
impede
benign
devious
automatic
10. Someone who does not know that God exists
propensity
agnostic
malicious
miscreant
11. To speak against
empathy
automatic
annual
contradict
12. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
phonetics
synchronize
precede
benign
13. Yearly
insidious
circumference
annual
telemetry
14. Not faithful; a person who does not believe in a particular religion
infidel
ecology
coherent
miscreant
15. Excess of sugar in the blood
hyperglycemia
circumference
monotheism
amorphous
16. To put off until afterward
precocious
bigamy
postpone
apathy
17. Excessive control by one group of a commodity or service
bigamy
infidel
monopoly
eloquent
18. To take before - to realize beforehand
anticipate
enervate
credulous
genocide
19. The part of earth extending from the crust to the outer atmosphere in which things live
synchronize
infidel
biosphere
diction
20. Harmless
xenophobia
empathy
benign
contradict
21. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
telegraph
hyperglycemia
panorama
diction
22. So old as to no longer be useful
antiquated
calligraphy
current
posterity
23. Easy to notice (look at); obvious
circumspect
conspicuous
ebullient
profusion
24. Not arrayed or arranged properly; a state of disorder or confusion; disorderly dress
autocracy
disarray
efface
etymology
25. A person who recieves benefit
philanthropy
beneficiary
cacaphony
syllogism
26. The flow of water - air - or electricity; prevalent at the moment - as current fassions
symbiosis
current
devious
philanthropist
27. Choice of words in speaking or writing
diction
xenophobia
amorphous
missive
28. Composed of three parts; shared by three parts
tripartite
ebullient
revise
hyperglycemia
29. To remove the face of; to wipe out
misanthrope
efface
benign
revise
30. A running out somewhere; a short journey
agnostic
bibliophile
excursion
genial
31. Bubbling out; overflowing with enthusiasm
ebullient
bisect
speculate
disarray
32. The study of the origin of words
genesis
philanthropist
etymology
annual
33. Summed up together; complete or perfect
beneficiary
consummate
subversive
phonetics
34. To run together; to agree
veritable
concur
precede
missive
35. One who lives shut back from the world
bisect
enervate
recluse
calligraphy
36. Those who come after; future generations
posterity
antiquated
missive
excursion
37. Operating by itself
commiserate
colloquial
symbiosis
automatic
38. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
anachronism
impede
cacaphony
xenophobia
39. Difference; unlikeness
disparity
verify
impervious
antiquity
40. A person sent on a specific mission
credence
calligraphy
emissary
impede
41. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
missive
synthesis
hyperbole
credulous
42. Government by a single person
autocracy
biosphere
revise
fidelity
43. To turn under; tending to undermine or overthrow
subversive
autonomy
syllogism
speculate
44. Requiring much sitting
sedentary
anachronism
antagonist
monotheism
45. Among all people; widespread
current
amorphous
pandemic
philanthropist
46. To come around; to get around or to overcome by artful manuevering; to prevent
bipartisan
endemic
circumvent
trilogy
47. The living together in close union of two disimilar organisms - usually to thier mutual benefit
automatic
misanthrope
profusion
symbiosis
48. Intentionally bad or harmful
commiserate
evoke
malicious
synthesis
49. To sympathize
credulous
panorama
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
commiserate
50. Wishing evil towards others
telegraph
credence
malevolent
devious