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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. True; actual
monopoly
fidelity
veritable
evoke
2. The belief that there is no god/God
coherent
ecology
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
equitable
3. People rule; government by representatives chosen by the people
democracy
annals
empathy
anachronism
4. Bubbling out; overflowing with enthusiasm
euphoria
ebullient
topography
infidel
5. To turn under; tending to undermine or overthrow
hyperglycemia
subversive
democracy
endemic
6. A letter or message sent
pandemic
speculate
missive
agnostic
7. To come - go - or exist before in time - order - rank - or position
bigamy
excursion
precede
speculate
8. Those who come after; future generations
eloquent
subjugate
posterity
antagonist
9. One who hates people
misanthrope
postpone
odometer
current
10. Having a life cycle lasting more than two years
automatic
trilogy
recluse
perennial
11. An incination to do good
precocious
subjugate
benevolence
advocate
12. Cautious; careful to consider possible consequences
genocide
postpone
circumspect
precedent
13. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
xenophobia
philanthropy
panorama
antagonist
14. One who seeks knowledge or wisdom through logic
ecology
commiserate
philosopher
panorama
15. Conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
empathy
ambivalence
equator
ambiguity
16. The branch of language study dealing with speech sounds and their symbols
current
phonetics
coherent
misanthrope
17. The systematic - planned killing of a race -political - or cultural group
genocide
consummate
current
fidelity
18. One called to give evidence; a person who pleads on another's behalf or casue.
advocate
postpone
fidelity
beneficiary
19. To drive around; uncertain; having two possible meanings
phobia
recluse
ambiguous
impervious
20. Not faithful; a person who does not believe in a particular religion
infidel
disparity
bigamy
anachronism
21. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
speculate
metamorphosis
excursion
genesis
22. One who loves books or knowledge
symmetrical
antiquity
bibliophile
genesis
23. Lack of feeling; indifferent
cacaphony
coherent
apathy
trilogy
24. Trust - as financial credit; a source of honor - as great credit to one's family
colloquial
tripartite
pandemic
credible
25. Faithfulness
benevolence
malicious
fidelity
philanthropist
26. One who denies the existance of God
atheist
monotheism
impede
etymology
27. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
evoke
anthropomorphism
credulous
beneficiary
28. Reasonable; fair - just
equitable
veritable
philanthropy
disparity
29. Choice of words in speaking or writing
antagonist
genocide
diction
autopsy
30. An account of events arranged in order of time
chronicle
bigamy
autonomy
disarray
31. Change form or shape
consummate
metamorphosis
genocide
autocracy
32. Fond of eating - drinking - and being sociable together
trilogy
antiquity
subjugate
convivial
33. Belief; acceptance as true
telemetry
credence
bisect
pedestrian
34. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
endemic
symmetrical
telegraph
benign
35. The art of handwriting
contradict
synthesis
excursion
calligraphy
36. Intentionally bad or harmful
calligraphy
malicious
apathy
propensity
37. A pouring forth; an abundance.
propensity
philanthropist
predict
profusion
38. Difference; unlikeness
impervious
disparity
speculate
evoke
39. Summed up together; complete or perfect
excursion
consummate
diction
equitable
40. Among all people; widespread
beneficiary
circumspect
conspicuous
pandemic
41. Bad sounds; disagreeable or discordant sounds
propensity
philanthropy
cacaphony
ebullient
42. The quality of having two meanings
tripartite
anticipate
enervate
ambiguity
43. To continue
colloquial
concur
procede
biosphere
44. Operating by itself
precedent
automatic
biosphere
pandemic
45. The substitution of a mild word in place of a distasteful or unpleasant one
subversive
convivial
autonomy
euphemism
46. Requiring much sitting
sedentary
euphemism
hyperglycemia
philanthropy
47. The belief that there is only one God
autopsy
euphemism
monotheism
philosopher
48. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
antagonist
ambiguity
euphoria
synchronize
49. A road measure; an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle
biosphere
apathy
odometer
credence
50. To remove the face of; to wipe out
chronicle
philanthropy
euphoria
efface