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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
devious
insidious
ambivalence
predict
2. Requiring much sitting
precede
sedentary
impervious
atheist
3. To get the foot entangled; anyhting that hinders
equitable
impede
chronicle
procede
4. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
telegraph
efface
credulous
postpone
5. The attributing of human characteristics to a god - animal - or inanimate thing
anthropomorphism
panorama
equitable
odometer
6. To put off until afterward
miscreant
hyperglycemia
postpone
endemic
7. A figure of speach in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
hyperbole
ambiguous
conspicuous
antiquity
8. To continue
anachronism
agnostic
procede
odometer
9. Bad sounds; disagreeable or discordant sounds
bipartisan
hyperbole
cacaphony
trilogy
10. The living together in close union of two disimilar organisms - usually to thier mutual benefit
symbiosis
philanthropist
phobia
genial
11. Feeling as if you were in the other person's place
empathy
precede
posterity
efface
12. Someone who does not know that God exists
annals
agnostic
precedent
genial
13. Change form or shape
symmetrical
metamorphosis
malevolent
impervious
14. Operating by itself
autonomy
automatic
metamorphosis
amorphous
15. Like the language used when people speak informally
credulous
concur
ecology
colloquial
16. One called to give evidence; a person who pleads on another's behalf or casue.
advocate
euphoria
tripartite
philosopher
17. Consisting of or supported by two parties - especially two major political parties
bipartisan
ebullient
atheist
symbiotic
18. Ancient times
genial
antiquity
benevolence
antecedent
19. An act that goes before and may serve as a example for later acts
phobia
verify
antecedent
precedent
20. A hanging forward; a natural inclination
malevolent
subversive
propensity
malicious
21. The systematic - planned killing of a race -political - or cultural group
genocide
consummate
credence
profusion
22. Having a friendly and kindly manner
autocracy
ecology
phobia
genial
23. To cut in two - as a diameter bisects a circle
bisect
contradict
colloquial
anachronism
24. To speak against
revise
odometer
credulous
contradict
25. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
synthesis
bigamy
empathy
revise
26. A running out somewhere; a short journey
ebullient
revise
excursion
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
27. Government by a single person
autocracy
evoke
antecedent
devious
28. A pouring forth; an abundance.
biosphere
telemetry
profusion
colloquial
29. Ripened before time; prematurely developed - as a precocious child.
precocious
posterity
diction
ecology
30. Choice of words in speaking or writing
diction
anachronism
coherent
pedestrian
31. An account of events arranged in order of time
endemic
monotheism
genocide
chronicle
32. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
convivial
genesis
euphemism
precedent
33. Bubbling out; overflowing with enthusiasm
ebullient
symbiosis
ecology
tripartite
34. Intentionally bad or harmful
malicious
ambiguity
anticipate
chronicle
35. No way through; incapable of being passed through
impervious
metamorphosis
ambivalence
topography
36. Without definite form or shape
panorama
amorphous
consummate
verify
37. So old as to no longer be useful
current
equitable
atheist
antiquated
38. The quality of having two meanings
genre
credence
ambiguity
efface
39. The belief that there is only one God
colloquial
convivial
monotheism
antecedent
40. Difference; unlikeness
anticipate
democracy
enervate
disparity
41. A seeing for oneself; a post-mortem examination of a body to discover the cause of death
credulous
autopsy
euphoria
hyperbole
42. Excessive control by one group of a commodity or service
subjugate
calligraphy
monopoly
concur
43. Faithfulness
ecology
fidelity
syllogism
ambivalence
44. Yearly
annual
antagonist
misanthrope
endemic
45. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
pandemic
evoke
missive
contradict
46. To prove something is true
topography
euphoria
verify
excursion
47. To see again; to correct errors
credence
anachronism
hyperglycemia
revise
48. A feeling of well-being
hyperbole
tripartite
euphoria
euphemism
49. A particular kind or category of literature or art
apathy
enervate
subversive
genre
50. A person who recieves benefit
pandemic
beneficiary
genial
autonomy