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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Trust - as financial credit; a source of honor - as great credit to one's family
democracy
symbiosis
hyperglycemia
credible
2. A written acount of events year by year; historical records
ecology
enervate
annals
metamorphosis
3. To remove the face of; to wipe out
procede
verify
efface
disarray
4. The flow of water - air - or electricity; prevalent at the moment - as current fassions
concur
ambiguity
current
profusion
5. Conflicting feelings toward a person or thing
ambivalence
verify
revise
perennial
6. Marrying one person while legally married to another
bigamy
ambiguous
impede
empathy
7. The part of earth extending from the crust to the outer atmosphere in which things live
symbiosis
phonetics
subjugate
biosphere
8. The living together in close union of two disimilar organisms - usually to thier mutual benefit
genesis
symbiosis
anthropomorphism
annual
9. People rule; government by representatives chosen by the people
impede
apathy
democracy
empathy
10. Belief; acceptance as true
autopsy
monopoly
credence
efface
11. Fear or hatred of strangers - foreigners - or aliens
advocate
pedestrian
ebullient
xenophobia
12. Lack of feeling; indifferent
apathy
cacaphony
antiquated
calligraphy
13. One who lives shut back from the world
recluse
synchronize
atheist
bisect
14. To take before - to realize beforehand
topography
efface
autocracy
anticipate
15. The automatic measurement and transmission of data by radio from far away - as from space vehicles to a recieving station.
convivial
telemetry
insidious
contradict
16. Livig together in a close relationship - often to the benefit of both
trilogy
autocracy
evoke
symbiotic
17. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
genesis
sedentary
diction
missive
18. To speak beforehand
anachronism
ambivalence
convivial
predict
19. The branch of language study dealing with speech sounds and their symbols
precedent
topography
efface
phonetics
20. Anything out of its proper historical time
anachronism
equitable
ambivalence
symbiosis
21. Feeling as if you were in the other person's place
circumference
phobia
empathy
missive
22. Speaking out; fluent; persuasive
eloquent
synthesis
miscreant
chronicle
23. No way through; incapable of being passed through
anachronism
chronicle
verify
impervious
24. Faithfulness
commiserate
annual
topography
fidelity
25. A line equally distant at all points from the North and South Poles
equator
postpone
profusion
hyperbole
26. An account of events arranged in order of time
amorphous
ambiguity
misanthrope
chronicle
27. Having a life cycle lasting more than two years
atheist (Andrew Jensen/William Kelemen definition)
perennial
credible
insidious
28. Composed of three parts; shared by three parts
calligraphy
pedestrian
tripartite
bisect
29. An incination to do good
concur
benevolence
genocide
annual
30. To run together; to agree
concur
excursion
antiquity
consummate
31. A pouring forth; an abundance.
subjugate
profusion
autonomy
precocious
32. Change form or shape
missive
annals
metamorphosis
odometer
33. To sympathize
miscreant
benign
commiserate
efface
34. One who seeks knowledge or wisdom through logic
autopsy
philosopher
evoke
disparity
35. Fond of eating - drinking - and being sociable together
panacea
convivial
ecology
euphemism
36. An act that goes before and may serve as a example for later acts
genocide
telemetry
precedent
coherent
37. The belief that there is only one God
monotheism
precedent
missive
efface
38. To continue
perennial
miscreant
procede
symbiotic
39. A seeing for oneself; a post-mortem examination of a body to discover the cause of death
autopsy
ecology
telegraph
antecedent
40. Consisting of or supported by two parties - especially two major political parties
emissary
genesis
antiquity
bipartisan
41. A feeling of well-being
procede
autonomy
euphoria
agnostic
42. To drive around; uncertain; having two possible meanings
propensity
ambiguous
anthropomorphism
autopsy
43. One called to give evidence; a person who pleads on another's behalf or casue.
eloquent
disarray
advocate
credence
44. Like the language used when people speak informally
symbiosis
telegraph
colloquial
philanthropist
45. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
malevolent
impervious
evoke
pandemic
46. Irrational fear of a thing or situation
genesis
phobia
trilogy
ambiguous
47. Operating by itself
propensity
philanthropist
recluse
automatic
48. To cause to operate (keep time) in unison
ambivalence
synchronize
concur
autocracy
49. Native to a particular people or country
antecedent
cacaphony
endemic
circumference
50. One who loves people
devious
infidel
philanthropist
pandemic