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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Yearly
annual
fidelity
circumspect
panacea
2. Words together; a form of argument or reasoning consisiting of two sentences and a conclusion drawn from them.
agnostic
syllogism
equitable
synchronize
3. To speak beforehand
posterity
calligraphy
predict
miscreant
4. To look at; to reflect on or ponder
speculate
fidelity
democracy
veritable
5. To speak against
coherent
credulous
antiquity
contradict
6. Operating by itself
syllogism
chronicle
convivial
automatic
7. People rule; government by representatives chosen by the people
democracy
tripartite
impede
odometer
8. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
synthesis
coherent
disarray
concur
9. Excess of sugar in the blood
commiserate
hyperglycemia
propensity
malevolent
10. Native to a particular people or country
veritable
fidelity
endemic
impede
11. Believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible
excursion
credulous
misanthrope
pedestrian
12. Difference; unlikeness
bibliophile
hyperglycemia
impervious
disparity
13. One who loves people
pedestrian
credence
endemic
philanthropist
14. Feeling as if you were in the other person's place
convivial
annual
empathy
trilogy
15. A person one struggles against
antagonist
monotheism
malicious
benevolence
16. A person who recieves benefit
cacaphony
anthropomorphism
empathy
beneficiary
17. A pouring forth; an abundance.
profusion
metamorphosis
insidious
ambiguous
18. To continue
procede
misanthrope
annual
genial
19. Harmless
equator
benign
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
topography
20. One who loves books or knowledge
concur
tripartite
bibliophile
consummate
21. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
telegraph
empathy
current
tripartite
22. The right of self government
autonomy
ambivalence
genre
pandemic
23. Reasonable; fair - just
etymology
equitable
apathy
missive
24. A particular kind or category of literature or art
subversive
procede
credible
genre
25. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
bibliophile
xenophobia
subversive
credulous
26. Like the language used when people speak informally
syllogism
odometer
colloquial
beneficiary
27. A running out somewhere; a short journey
pedestrian
excursion
speculate
euphemism
28. Without definite form or shape
tripartite
equitable
antiquated
amorphous
29. One who goes by foot; commonplace or dull
democracy
empathy
antiquity
pedestrian
30. To take before - to realize beforehand
anticipate
bipartisan
philanthropy
emissary
31. A person sent on a specific mission
credible
emissary
bisect
malevolent
32. Among all people; widespread
pandemic
atheist
infidel
genial
33. Having a friendly and kindly manner
chronicle
perennial
veritable
genial
34. A detailed drawing (writing on a map of the surface features of a region)
telegraph
topography
posterity
syllogism
35. Change form or shape
revise
empathy
metamorphosis
bipartisan
36. The substitution of a mild word in place of a distasteful or unpleasant one
credible
monopoly
panacea
euphemism
37. Anything out of its proper historical time
endemic
disarray
anachronism
ecology
38. Composed of three parts; shared by three parts
tripartite
benign
misanthrope
genesis
39. A road measure; an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle
anticipate
odometer
impede
biosphere
40. To get the foot entangled; anyhting that hinders
hyperbole
ecology
impede
precedent
41. Wishing evil towards others
excursion
precedent
malevolent
credible
42. An incination to do good
recluse
ecology
autonomy
benevolence
43. To cut in two - as a diameter bisects a circle
bisect
infidel
anticipate
xenophobia
44. One who hates people
predict
misanthrope
conspicuous
emissary
45. Not faithful; a person who does not believe in a particular religion
chronicle
genial
benign
infidel
46. To prove something is true
predict
verify
precede
precedent
47. Not arrayed or arranged properly; a state of disorder or confusion; disorderly dress
disarray
precedent
ambiguous
chronicle
48. To put off until afterward
bibliophile
ecology
postpone
sedentary
49. Irrational fear of a thing or situation
panorama
phobia
emissary
panacea
50. A figure of speach in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
ambivalence
biosphere
hyperbole
circumference