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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One who lives shut back from the world
recluse
philanthropist
advocate
consummate
2. A written acount of events year by year; historical records
cacaphony
monotheism
ambivalence
annals
3. A view in all directions
ecology
procede
panorama
circumspect
4. A running out somewhere; a short journey
panacea
circumspect
excursion
ecology
5. Conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
beneficiary
bigamy
veritable
ambivalence
6. Words together; a form of argument or reasoning consisiting of two sentences and a conclusion drawn from them.
syllogism
beneficiary
disparity
credence
7. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
miscreant
antagonist
ecology
8. True; actual
annals
veritable
symbiosis
conspicuous
9. Sitting in wait for; treacherous - more dangerous than seems evident.
eloquent
profusion
miscreant
insidious
10. Those who come after; future generations
trilogy
tripartite
posterity
annual
11. A particular kind or category of literature or art
devious
genre
endemic
benign
12. One called to give evidence; a person who pleads on another's behalf or casue.
efface
advocate
genre
symmetrical
13. The substitution of a mild word in place of a distasteful or unpleasant one
coherent
precocious
euphemism
posterity
14. Bad sounds; disagreeable or discordant sounds
antecedent
telemetry
cacaphony
bipartisan
15. To look at; to reflect on or ponder
ecology
speculate
chronicle
panorama
16. To put off until afterward
annual
perennial
postpone
bisect
17. The quality of having two meanings
convivial
posterity
miscreant
ambiguity
18. Something that logically comes before another
genesis
misanthrope
malevolent
antecedent
19. Irrational fear of a thing or situation
philanthropist
philanthropy
bipartisan
phobia
20. The branch of language study dealing with speech sounds and their symbols
posterity
empathy
phonetics
benign
21. A person who recieves benefit
beneficiary
conspicuous
ebullient
philanthropy
22. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
phobia
conspicuous
xenophobia
benevolence
23. One who loves books or knowledge
subjugate
bibliophile
precedent
malicious
24. To drive around; uncertain; having two possible meanings
xenophobia
ambiguous
ambiguity
efface
25. Among all people; widespread
pandemic
calligraphy
subversive
pedestrian
26. Wishing evil towards others
symmetrical
postpone
bisect
malevolent
27. A feeling of well-being
missive
euphoria
contradict
telemetry
28. A hanging forward; a natural inclination
symmetrical
advocate
antagonist
propensity
29. Fond of eating - drinking - and being sociable together
agnostic
convivial
equitable
philanthropy
30. Bubbling out; overflowing with enthusiasm
ebullient
efface
current
subversive
31. The effort to increase the well-being of hummanity by charitable donations
philanthropy
posterity
colloquial
disparity
32. Feeling as if you were in the other person's place
amorphous
synthesis
symbiosis
empathy
33. The belief that there is only one God
miscreant
monotheism
antiquity
synthesis
34. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
malevolent
disparity
credulous
phobia
35. The belief that there is no god/God
cacaphony
autocracy
precocious
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
36. Having a life cycle lasting more than two years
atheist
perennial
precedent
autocracy
37. Operating by itself
automatic
bigamy
emissary
infidel
38. A pouring forth; an abundance.
profusion
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
cacaphony
hyperbole
39. An act that goes before and may serve as a example for later acts
precedent
credulous
antagonist
hyperbole
40. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
autopsy
telegraph
revise
antiquated
41. So old as to no longer be useful
antiquated
credence
commiserate
bigamy
42. Cautious; careful to consider possible consequences
trilogy
circumspect
anthropomorphism
procede
43. A figure of speach in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
hyperglycemia
panorama
profusion
hyperbole
44. Requiring much sitting
sedentary
impede
odometer
insidious
45. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
synchronize
bisect
coherent
hyperglycemia
46. A person sent on a specific mission
consummate
recluse
emissary
odometer
47. Excessive control by one group of a commodity or service
malevolent
fidelity
monopoly
diction
48. To come around; to get around or to overcome by artful manuevering; to prevent
bipartisan
circumvent
pedestrian
genre
49. Native to a particular people or country
coherent
posterity
endemic
precocious
50. To take out the nerve; to deprive of nerve - force or vigor; to weaken
biosphere
bibliophile
miscreant
enervate