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DSST World Literature Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A written acount of events year by year; historical records
convivial
autonomy
genesis
annals
2. The branch of language study dealing with speech sounds and their symbols
phonetics
eloquent
topography
autonomy
3. A road measure; an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle
subjugate
odometer
predict
philanthropist
4. The effort to increase the well-being of hummanity by charitable donations
ambiguity
efface
philanthropy
insidious
5. Composed of three parts; shared by three parts
biosphere
trilogy
diction
tripartite
6. Having a life cycle lasting more than two years
convivial
genesis
perennial
monopoly
7. A turning from the proper way; crooked
genial
autonomy
diction
devious
8. Bubbling out; overflowing with enthusiasm
pandemic
ebullient
telegraph
cacaphony
9. No way through; incapable of being passed through
infidel
disarray
telemetry
impervious
10. Feeling as if you were in the other person's place
credible
panacea
topography
empathy
11. A putting together; the combining of seperate elements into a whole.
benevolence
phobia
impede
synthesis
12. A line carried around; the outer boundary line around a circular area
excursion
circumference
colloquial
bibliophile
13. Like the language used when people speak informally
credulous
symbiosis
colloquial
anachronism
14. Irrational fear of a thing or situation
profusion
phobia
equitable
fidelity
15. To prove something is true
agnostic
precedent
bigamy
verify
16. The art of handwriting
calligraphy
circumspect
profusion
credence
17. Government by a single person
bipartisan
benign
disarray
autocracy
18. A feeling of well-being
symbiosis
advocate
predict
euphoria
19. To come - go - or exist before in time - order - rank - or position
coherent
contradict
autopsy
precede
20. The part of earth extending from the crust to the outer atmosphere in which things live
veritable
antecedent
biosphere
hyperglycemia
21. The birth or coming into being of anything;origin;creation
convivial
monopoly
genesis
precede
22. Cautious; careful to consider possible consequences
circumspect
precedent
odometer
bibliophile
23. To drive around; uncertain; having two possible meanings
antagonist
ambiguous
endemic
circumspect
24. The substitution of a mild word in place of a distasteful or unpleasant one
advocate
euphemism
equitable
precedent
25. A person one struggles against
malevolent
topography
antagonist
ecology
26. A particular kind or category of literature or art
missive
genre
efface
concur
27. A person sent on a specific mission
enervate
bigamy
emissary
misanthrope
28. One who loves books or knowledge
bibliophile
conspicuous
infidel
malicious
29. A line equally distant at all points from the North and South Poles
postpone
equitable
apathy
equator
30. Summed up together; complete or perfect
equator
perennial
consummate
pandemic
31. Without definite form or shape
amorphous
propensity
biosphere
empathy
32. Native to a particular people or country
coherent
endemic
beneficiary
syllogism
33. Intentionally bad or harmful
evoke
malicious
impervious
chronicle
34. Someone who does not know that God exists
agnostic
panacea
calligraphy
philanthropist
35. Excessive control by one group of a commodity or service
monopoly
advocate
precedent
postpone
36. To continue
pandemic
genre
genial
procede
37. So old as to no longer be useful
amorphous
subjugate
ambiguous
antiquated
38. True; actual
veritable
monopoly
benevolence
euphemism
39. An act that goes before and may serve as a example for later acts
profusion
calligraphy
philanthropist
precedent
40. The right of self government
anticipate
autonomy
malevolent
convivial
41. Reasonable; fair - just
equitable
posterity
odometer
enervate
42. Having a friendly and kindly manner
genial
perennial
misanthrope
philanthropy
43. One who lives shut back from the world
diction
anthropomorphism
ecology
recluse
44. To call out; to call forth as memories or feelings.
postpone
credible
miscreant
evoke
45. An instument for writing; a system for transmiting messages by electric impulses sent through a wire or converted into radio waves
telegraph
speculate
antiquity
impede
46. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment
tripartite
profusion
ecology
phobia
47. Lack of feeling; indifferent
apathy
impede
missive
euphemism
48. One who denies the existance of God
atheist
genial
genesis
monotheism
49. A detailed drawing (writing on a map of the surface features of a region)
commiserate
emissary
disparity
topography
50. Words together; a form of argument or reasoning consisiting of two sentences and a conclusion drawn from them.
symmetrical
biosphere
phonetics
syllogism