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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Ancient times
phobia
syllogism
antiquity
efface
2. One who lives shut back from the world
miscreant
procede
recluse
telegraph
3. The flow of water - air - or electricity; prevalent at the moment - as current fassions
trilogy
phonetics
current
evoke
4. Requiring much sitting
sedentary
bisect
annals
genesis
5. A road measure; an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle
atheist
odometer
benevolence
amorphous
6. Trust - as financial credit; a source of honor - as great credit to one's family
empathy
disarray
credible
ambiguity
7. One who goes by foot; commonplace or dull
pedestrian
beneficiary
phobia
bibliophile
8. The quality of having two meanings
impervious
ambiguity
impede
verify
9. A written acount of events year by year; historical records
annals
empathy
postpone
revise
10. The branch of language study dealing with speech sounds and their symbols
antiquated
colloquial
phonetics
topography
11. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
precocious
credulous
evoke
commiserate
12. Faithfulness
sedentary
commiserate
fidelity
contradict
13. Something that logically comes before another
topography
synchronize
antecedent
autonomy
14. To speak beforehand
phobia
predict
misanthrope
devious
15. No way through; incapable of being passed through
amorphous
impervious
veritable
hyperbole
16. Without definite form or shape
amorphous
autonomy
colloquial
verify
17. The living together in close union of two disimilar organisms - usually to thier mutual benefit
symbiosis
symbiotic
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
disparity
18. The systematic - planned killing of a race -political - or cultural group
evoke
ebullient
genocide
consummate
19. To see again; to correct errors
annual
etymology
revise
antiquity
20. Government by a single person
verify
autocracy
phonetics
anachronism
21. Native to a particular people or country
antiquated
endemic
bibliophile
colloquial
22. Marrying one person while legally married to another
bigamy
democracy
genre
missive
23. A person sent on a specific mission
emissary
recluse
subjugate
odometer
24. One who seeks knowledge or wisdom through logic
subjugate
philosopher
colloquial
cacaphony
25. An incination to do good
tripartite
verify
benevolence
impervious
26. Operating by itself
automatic
beneficiary
bibliophile
genesis
27. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
genesis
anthropomorphism
monopoly
concur
28. Composed of three parts; shared by three parts
benign
tripartite
bibliophile
contradict
29. Consisting of or supported by two parties - especially two major political parties
miscreant
bipartisan
odometer
malevolent
30. Yearly
disparity
infidel
annual
devious
31. The belief that there is no god/God
devious
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
impervious
bisect
32. The attributing of human characteristics to a god - animal - or inanimate thing
anthropomorphism
credible
credence
credulous
33. Difference; unlikeness
speculate
disparity
propensity
subjugate
34. Sticking together; having orderly relation of parts
coherent
trilogy
veritable
verify
35. One who hates people
beneficiary
misanthrope
consummate
pedestrian
36. To prove something is true
concur
insidious
verify
euphoria
37. To sympathize
ecology
commiserate
veritable
philanthropy
38. One who loves books or knowledge
bibliophile
perennial
symmetrical
tripartite
39. Three literary - drmatic - or musial compositions that - though complete in itself - form a related series
equator
trilogy
consummate
subjugate
40. Measured together; having both sides exactly alike
ambiguous
phobia
symmetrical
eloquent
41. To place a yoke on; to conquer
subjugate
miscreant
genocide
telegraph
42. A hanging forward; a natural inclination
symbiotic
impervious
cacaphony
propensity
43. An account of events arranged in order of time
antecedent
chronicle
perennial
tripartite
44. A letter or message sent
ambiguity
anachronism
missive
convivial
45. Excessive control by one group of a commodity or service
monopoly
recluse
precedent
consummate
46. People rule; government by representatives chosen by the people
coherent
democracy
genesis
empathy
47. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
pandemic
synthesis
endemic
monopoly
48. A person one struggles against
antagonist
equator
antiquity
genial
49. Feeling as if you were in the other person's place
credulous
genocide
empathy
syllogism
50. To turn under; tending to undermine or overthrow
subversive
circumvent
panacea
symbiotic