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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The flow of water - air - or electricity; prevalent at the moment - as current fassions
concur
benevolence
current
excursion
2. Ancient times
antiquity
malicious
credulous
current
3. Yearly
symmetrical
calligraphy
annual
tripartite
4. To run together; to agree
symmetrical
eloquent
concur
trilogy
5. Bubbling out; overflowing with enthusiasm
consummate
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
ebullient
synthesis
6. An act that goes before and may serve as a example for later acts
precedent
biosphere
agnostic
impervious
7. Like the language used when people speak informally
antagonist
etymology
colloquial
postpone
8. To come - go - or exist before in time - order - rank - or position
etymology
precede
miscreant
panacea
9. To look at; to reflect on or ponder
sedentary
beneficiary
apathy
speculate
10. The substitution of a mild word in place of a distasteful or unpleasant one
antagonist
amorphous
euphemism
endemic
11. A road measure; an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle
genesis
benevolence
atheist
odometer
12. To put off until afterward
metamorphosis
phobia
fidelity
postpone
13. A view in all directions
panorama
apathy
philanthropist
monopoly
14. To come around; to get around or to overcome by artful manuevering; to prevent
circumvent
bisect
genial
euphemism
15. Marrying one person while legally married to another
revise
annual
bigamy
bipartisan
16. A person who recieves benefit
telegraph
coherent
cacaphony
beneficiary
17. Speaking out; fluent; persuasive
eloquent
ambiguous
chronicle
monotheism
18. Three literary - drmatic - or musial compositions that - though complete in itself - form a related series
enervate
trilogy
bipartisan
monotheism
19. Fond of eating - drinking - and being sociable together
bigamy
recluse
convivial
euphoria
20. One who goes by foot; commonplace or dull
profusion
monopoly
pedestrian
benevolence
21. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
telegraph
efface
metamorphosis
autocracy
22. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
malevolent
coherent
xenophobia
phonetics
23. One who loves books or knowledge
genesis
etymology
autocracy
bibliophile
24. Composed of three parts; shared by three parts
evoke
tripartite
emissary
synchronize
25. A letter or message sent
missive
verify
cacaphony
genesis
26. Belief; acceptance as true
speculate
apathy
credence
circumspect
27. An account of events arranged in order of time
emissary
ambiguous
chronicle
xenophobia
28. A detailed drawing (writing on a map of the surface features of a region)
cacaphony
advocate
philosopher
topography
29. Lack of feeling; indifferent
enervate
apathy
advocate
genocide
30. To speak against
predict
philanthropist
misanthrope
contradict
31. Consisting of or supported by two parties - especially two major political parties
bipartisan
profusion
phobia
enervate
32. One who hates people
consummate
chronicle
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
misanthrope
33. The quality of having two meanings
antiquated
ambiguous
antiquity
ambiguity
34. A figure of speach in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
hyperbole
credible
topography
etymology
35. To place a yoke on; to conquer
hyperglycemia
verify
subjugate
emissary
36. One who lives shut back from the world
democracy
apathy
recluse
amorphous
37. An incination to do good
ambiguous
precedent
credible
benevolence
38. Irrational fear of a thing or situation
verify
circumspect
impede
phobia
39. A particular kind or category of literature or art
automatic
propensity
genre
metamorphosis
40. No way through; incapable of being passed through
agnostic
insidious
trilogy
impervious
41. To take before - to realize beforehand
autocracy
autopsy
anticipate
syllogism
42. Those who come after; future generations
symbiosis
posterity
apathy
postpone
43. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
euphemism
trilogy
etymology
synchronize
44. A line equally distant at all points from the North and South Poles
genre
automatic
equator
philanthropy
45. The automatic measurement and transmission of data by radio from far away - as from space vehicles to a recieving station.
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
telemetry
circumvent
syllogism
46. A turning from the proper way; crooked
genial
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
infidel
devious
47. The part of earth extending from the crust to the outer atmosphere in which things live
perennial
beneficiary
malicious
biosphere
48. To remove the face of; to wipe out
efface
endemic
precede
subversive
49. To prove something is true
verify
pedestrian
recluse
hyperbole
50. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
circumvent
evoke
veritable
anthropomorphism