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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A feeling of well-being
euphoria
verify
antiquated
annals
2. Wishing evil towards others
telegraph
credulous
malevolent
equitable
3. A written acount of events year by year; historical records
annals
empathy
contradict
philanthropist
4. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment
equitable
veritable
colloquial
ecology
5. An account of events arranged in order of time
subjugate
telemetry
chronicle
disparity
6. Harmless
metamorphosis
antecedent
benign
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
7. Like the language used when people speak informally
colloquial
symbiosis
precocious
autopsy
8. Choice of words in speaking or writing
conspicuous
autonomy
biosphere
diction
9. To look at; to reflect on or ponder
conspicuous
symbiosis
speculate
chronicle
10. The quality of having two meanings
precede
ambiguity
concur
panorama
11. Faithfulness
fidelity
pedestrian
revise
veritable
12. To continue
tripartite
profusion
perennial
procede
13. The art of handwriting
agnostic
calligraphy
disarray
synthesis
14. True; actual
automatic
antiquity
veritable
ecology
15. A view in all directions
panorama
convivial
malicious
devious
16. Requiring much sitting
credible
automatic
biosphere
sedentary
17. Cautious; careful to consider possible consequences
conspicuous
circumspect
coherent
tripartite
18. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
telegraph
anticipate
subversive
annals
19. One who denies the existance of God
disarray
atheist
posterity
chronicle
20. To see again; to correct errors
revise
panorama
cacaphony
antiquity
21. One who lives shut back from the world
postpone
recluse
diction
syllogism
22. To take out the nerve; to deprive of nerve - force or vigor; to weaken
euphoria
enervate
equitable
topography
23. A seeing for oneself; a post-mortem examination of a body to discover the cause of death
trilogy
autopsy
procede
symbiosis
24. To come - go - or exist before in time - order - rank - or position
procede
symmetrical
precede
malevolent
25. Among all people; widespread
pandemic
current
hyperbole
conspicuous
26. A pouring forth; an abundance.
anticipate
profusion
philanthropist
evoke
27. Operating by itself
cacaphony
automatic
genial
antagonist
28. Government by a single person
syllogism
antiquated
autocracy
genesis
29. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
circumference
postpone
bibliophile
evoke
30. One who loves people
malicious
veritable
efface
philanthropist
31. A person who recieves benefit
beneficiary
propensity
concur
telegraph
32. Trust - as financial credit; a source of honor - as great credit to one's family
credible
genocide
genesis
xenophobia
33. Lack of feeling; indifferent
enervate
synthesis
apathy
disarray
34. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
synchronize
hyperglycemia
disparity
biosphere
35. To prove something is true
verify
misanthrope
automatic
infidel
36. Yearly
symbiosis
ambivalence
insidious
annual
37. To come around; to get around or to overcome by artful manuevering; to prevent
ambiguous
circumvent
symbiosis
veritable
38. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
circumference
automatic
credulous
contradict
39. Not arrayed or arranged properly; a state of disorder or confusion; disorderly dress
impede
disarray
agnostic
ebullient
40. Having a life cycle lasting more than two years
perennial
sedentary
antagonist
antiquity
41. Belief; acceptance as true
telegraph
genial
credence
sedentary
42. To speak against
postpone
contradict
monotheism
miscreant
43. Sitting in wait for; treacherous - more dangerous than seems evident.
speculate
subversive
calligraphy
insidious
44. Easy to notice (look at); obvious
atheist
antecedent
conspicuous
hyperbole
45. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
ambivalence
xenophobia
automatic
tripartite
46. To speak beforehand
postpone
annual
predict
topography
47. Conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
telemetry
ambivalence
agnostic
disparity
48. The right of self government
infidel
autonomy
speculate
monopoly
49. To drive around; uncertain; having two possible meanings
coherent
xenophobia
credence
ambiguous
50. Words together; a form of argument or reasoning consisiting of two sentences and a conclusion drawn from them.
benevolence
emissary
antiquity
syllogism