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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Bad sounds; disagreeable or discordant sounds
hyperglycemia
cacaphony
syllogism
antiquity
2. One who loves people
phobia
postpone
philanthropist
amorphous
3. The part of earth extending from the crust to the outer atmosphere in which things live
contradict
telemetry
biosphere
equitable
4. A letter or message sent
commiserate
missive
fidelity
biosphere
5. A person one struggles against
biosphere
antagonist
panorama
conspicuous
6. Summed up together; complete or perfect
panorama
bibliophile
chronicle
consummate
7. A figure of speach in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
conspicuous
bibliophile
precedent
hyperbole
8. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment
ecology
pedestrian
subversive
fidelity
9. Cautious; careful to consider possible consequences
contradict
chronicle
circumspect
perennial
10. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
emissary
precedent
cacaphony
synchronize
11. Measured together; having both sides exactly alike
symmetrical
chronicle
impede
insidious
12. To look at; to reflect on or ponder
perennial
subversive
evoke
speculate
13. One who lives shut back from the world
ecology
circumvent
benign
recluse
14. To sympathize
enervate
commiserate
hyperbole
tripartite
15. To turn under; tending to undermine or overthrow
cacaphony
subversive
trilogy
precedent
16. Something that logically comes before another
advocate
antecedent
veritable
current
17. Speaking out; fluent; persuasive
consummate
eloquent
circumference
precedent
18. Someone who does not know that God exists
sedentary
agnostic
missive
ebullient
19. The living together in close union of two disimilar organisms - usually to thier mutual benefit
democracy
malicious
symbiosis
propensity
20. To drive around; uncertain; having two possible meanings
ambiguous
annals
genesis
current
21. Native to a particular people or country
autonomy
miscreant
ebullient
endemic
22. The quality of having two meanings
ambiguity
veritable
panacea
circumference
23. A hanging forward; a natural inclination
monotheism
equator
propensity
advocate
24. An account of events arranged in order of time
advocate
chronicle
devious
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
25. Consisting of or supported by two parties - especially two major political parties
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
precede
bipartisan
infidel
26. Sticking together; having orderly relation of parts
coherent
annual
misanthrope
ambiguous
27. Government by a single person
synchronize
autocracy
genocide
topography
28. A road measure; an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle
empathy
sedentary
precocious
odometer
29. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
revise
hyperglycemia
trilogy
credulous
30. Like the language used when people speak informally
propensity
topography
pandemic
colloquial
31. To continue
efface
procede
endemic
pandemic
32. Yearly
misanthrope
sedentary
annual
genesis
33. So old as to no longer be useful
eloquent
euphemism
anthropomorphism
antiquated
34. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
ambivalence
telegraph
tripartite
calligraphy
35. Not arrayed or arranged properly; a state of disorder or confusion; disorderly dress
disarray
benevolence
current
efface
36. The right of self government
autonomy
perennial
amorphous
panacea
37. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
bigamy
chronicle
credence
synthesis
38. The art of handwriting
calligraphy
hyperbole
autocracy
missive
39. Among all people; widespread
malevolent
endemic
fidelity
pandemic
40. Feeling as if you were in the other person's place
empathy
phonetics
cacaphony
circumvent
41. Difference; unlikeness
disparity
anthropomorphism
benign
hyperglycemia
42. One who loves books or knowledge
bibliophile
disparity
anachronism
telegraph
43. To put off until afterward
philosopher
empathy
genesis
postpone
44. A person sent on a specific mission
antiquity
subjugate
emissary
endemic
45. Those who come after; future generations
posterity
bibliophile
syllogism
fidelity
46. Three literary - drmatic - or musial compositions that - though complete in itself - form a related series
amorphous
anachronism
miscreant
trilogy
47. Excess of sugar in the blood
excursion
revise
hyperglycemia
cacaphony
48. The branch of language study dealing with speech sounds and their symbols
circumspect
panacea
procede
phonetics
49. Intentionally bad or harmful
phonetics
telemetry
panorama
malicious
50. One who goes by foot; commonplace or dull
telemetry
syllogism
pedestrian
bibliophile