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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Like the language used when people speak informally
symbiosis
genocide
tripartite
colloquial
2. Native to a particular people or country
subversive
conspicuous
annals
endemic
3. One who loves people
etymology
subversive
veritable
philanthropist
4. The substitution of a mild word in place of a distasteful or unpleasant one
euphoria
equitable
antecedent
euphemism
5. Difference; unlikeness
symmetrical
commiserate
disparity
automatic
6. To prove something is true
perennial
verify
telemetry
trilogy
7. Sitting in wait for; treacherous - more dangerous than seems evident.
xenophobia
insidious
metamorphosis
subjugate
8. To remove the face of; to wipe out
philanthropist
synthesis
perennial
efface
9. To drive around; uncertain; having two possible meanings
antagonist
anticipate
metamorphosis
ambiguous
10. To continue
emissary
chronicle
procede
missive
11. To come - go - or exist before in time - order - rank - or position
precede
ecology
colloquial
antiquated
12. A line carried around; the outer boundary line around a circular area
circumference
atheist
genre
precocious
13. Belief; acceptance as true
anachronism
bigamy
posterity
credence
14. To see again; to correct errors
circumspect
miscreant
xenophobia
revise
15. Ripened before time; prematurely developed - as a precocious child.
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
precocious
circumvent
synthesis
16. Reasonable; fair - just
etymology
sedentary
speculate
equitable
17. To speak beforehand
cacaphony
impede
circumspect
predict
18. To run together; to agree
phonetics
disarray
pedestrian
concur
19. Marrying one person while legally married to another
speculate
bigamy
precocious
convivial
20. Someone who does not know that God exists
calligraphy
advocate
convivial
agnostic
21. True; actual
veritable
symmetrical
trilogy
postpone
22. Conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
emissary
antagonist
philanthropy
ambivalence
23. Irrational fear of a thing or situation
phonetics
impede
miscreant
phobia
24. Livig together in a close relationship - often to the benefit of both
revise
symbiotic
autocracy
empathy
25. A person one struggles against
antagonist
speculate
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
insidious
26. Fond of eating - drinking - and being sociable together
symbiotic
etymology
commiserate
convivial
27. Choice of words in speaking or writing
beneficiary
diction
tripartite
ambiguity
28. A view in all directions
postpone
autopsy
panorama
precocious
29. Not faithful; a person who does not believe in a particular religion
ambiguous
autonomy
amorphous
infidel
30. To come around; to get around or to overcome by artful manuevering; to prevent
eloquent
annual
sedentary
circumvent
31. Operating by itself
automatic
genesis
misanthrope
diction
32. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
genesis
impervious
malicious
synthesis
33. Government by a single person
xenophobia
credible
autocracy
concur
34. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
genesis
fidelity
missive
biosphere
35. Ancient times
credible
euphemism
enervate
antiquity
36. One who denies the existance of God
atheist
miscreant
diction
ecology
37. The belief that there is no god/God
equitable
benevolence
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
evoke
38. The part of earth extending from the crust to the outer atmosphere in which things live
biosphere
credible
trilogy
ebullient
39. Bad sounds; disagreeable or discordant sounds
amorphous
cacaphony
postpone
metamorphosis
40. Feeling as if you were in the other person's place
empathy
equitable
contradict
precedent
41. Summed up together; complete or perfect
bibliophile
consummate
etymology
ambivalence
42. Originally - an unbeliever in religion; now - an evildoer or criminal
postpone
bipartisan
autonomy
miscreant
43. To speak against
credence
contradict
postpone
bibliophile
44. Requiring much sitting
sedentary
tripartite
perennial
anachronism
45. Having a life cycle lasting more than two years
annals
perennial
benign
ebullient
46. Trust - as financial credit; a source of honor - as great credit to one's family
miscreant
autopsy
credible
malicious
47. An incination to do good
biosphere
hyperglycemia
benevolence
symbiotic
48. A particular kind or category of literature or art
precocious
genre
subjugate
benevolence
49. The automatic measurement and transmission of data by radio from far away - as from space vehicles to a recieving station.
perennial
telemetry
genocide
sedentary
50. Harmless
benign
genesis
monopoly
credulous