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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The archaic fashion of bell bottoms is also an _______ to be worn in the 21st Century.
Mercurial
Anachronism
Pare
Aberrant
2. Hot tea with honey is a ________ remedy for a sore throat as it is used throughout the continents.
Venerable
Erudite
Archaic
Catholic
3. The wannabe cute girls use their _______ charm to meet celebrities.
Accretion
Winsome
Luminous
Pare
4. Kids often speak with ________. "I wanna do dat".
Diatribe
Idiosyncrasy
Exacerbate
Solecism
5. It became ______ that his reason for playing basketball was to become in better shape in order to touch the rim: others noticed his attempts to jump high during warm-ups.
Listless
Tawdry
Gullible
Ostensible
6. The coach ______ the use of steroids and would be disappointed to learn of any players using steroids.
Eschew
Gullible
Zealot
Salubrious
7. Fernandino has such _____ in his flamboyant style of soccer play.
Esoteric
Accretion
Ameliorate
Panache
8. The salubrious mother is ______ - as younger generations of soon-to-be parents respect her devotion to her family and health.
Erratic
Estimable
Mercurial
Esoteric
9. Her idiosyncratic behavior is an _______ to hundreds of curious undergraduates.
Enigma
Estimable
Idiosyncrasy
Eschew
10. In hiking - the young group of friends like to take an _____ route versus the crowded simple paths.
Solecism
Aberrant
Eschew
Accretion
11. The clever girl is _______ - this makes it difficult to see her in a compassionate light.
Mercurial
Bevy
Tawdry
Numismatics
12. Often times as a decision maker it is important to not be ______ - even if a deadlines is soon approaching - some thought is necessary.
Convoluted
Impetuous
Accretion
Winsome
13. The ghetto teen wore ______ jewelry. This was seen as gaudy - cheap and showy.
Coterie
Tawdry
Idiosyncrasy
Bevy
14. He knows not exactly what to major or set his career path on - but he is _____ in respects to his studies.
Catholic
Whimsical
Mercurial
Erudite
15. The mother ______ between choosing a restaurant her significant other wanted to eat and a restaurant her son wanted to eat.
Lionize
Ethos
Ostensible
Vacillate
16. After running for 5 hours - against human physics - they were not _____ - however energetic and enthusiastic for their accomplishment.
Salubrious
Archaic
Ameliorate
Listless
17. After a successful season - and often time after one successful game - a player may be ______ by parents - teammates - and fans.
Estimable
Lionize
Erudite
Idiosyncrasy
18. The homeless lady at the school is considered to be mentally ______ as she wanders and is unpredictable in the library.
Erratic
Accretion
Solecism
Ostensible
19. Often times business people may use verbose sales pitches to confuse ______ customers.
Ignoble
Exonerate
Impious
Gullible
20. The students complained about the difficulty of following the professors ______ ideas and theories.
Limpid
Tawdry
Convoluted
Zealot
21. The ball hitting her bruise resulted in an ______ in the size of the bruise.
Panache
Enigma
Hapless
Accretion
22. Noel was able to ______ mom'S shoulder pain using massage techniques learnt in medical school. This improved her arm strength.
Listless
Salubrious
Molt
Ameliorate
23. The tawdry athlete dropped the ego - this became _____ when he hadn'T been in the headlines with any notable erratic behavior for many years.
Ignoble
Listless
Salient
Ameliorate
24. She began to feel like her wisdom was becoming an archaic - until others called her the _______ oracle.
Proliferate
Anachronism
Salubrious
Venerable
25. The number of team began to ______ each season - going from 80 players to now over 130.
Proliferate
Coterie
Enigma
Archaic
26. The thief is considered to be _______. It will take time for him to repent and grow values which take others into consideration.
Salient
Estimable
Ignoble
Salubrious
27. After ameliorating his moms pain in her shoulder - the medical student _______ himself for not being their to treat it right away.
Estimable
Exonerate
Ameliorate
Pare
28. The thoroughly maintained pond is ______: visitors can see to the bottom.
Limpid
Numismatics
Exacerbate
Erudite
29. Coaches are ______ to the cause of forming a respectable and passion driven team.
Zealot
Eschew
Hapless
Ignoble
30. The erratic lady at the library stepped up her game by - still albeit ______ - adding humor into her routine of voluble speech.
Coterie
Whimsical
Hapless
Lionize
31. The old timer is called ______ by his teenage son for using a computer from 1999.
Ostensible
Variegated
Archaic
Numismatics
32. It is the college _____ that a student should take general education classes.
Ethos
Winsome
Anachronism
Verbose
33. The stone masons are considered to be a ______: they are an intimate group with a similar purpose.
Lionize
Listless
Molt
Coterie
34. The _____ between the ignoble leader and the lionized leader drew strong press coverage.
Impious
Parley
Listless
Hapless
35. The paper became too _____ for the listless reader to finish reading the twenty page essay.
Pare
Variegated
Verbose
Zealot
36. She was _____ when she secretly peered out of the corner of her eye to view the romantic couple.
Archaic
Garner
Listless
Furtive
37. The _____ team is an enigma to the fast junk foods marketing push towards young people.
Diatribe
Salubrious
Impetuous
Bevy
38. After garnering fire wood - the enthusiastic son _____ the excess bark for later use in making a wood cabin.
Accretion
Vacillate
Ethos
Pare
39. The erratic lady is also an _______ to the quite study bevy next to her.
Ameliorate
Impious
Idiosyncrasy
Panache
40. The strongly religious couple joined the Church of Scientology and cut themselves off from the ______ family members: this pissed of many.
Aberrant
Furtive
Tawdry
Impious
41. The position of defensive back has such detailed footwork and coverage details - it is ______ in the world of athletics.
Erratic
Esoteric
Bevy
Gullible
42. The coterie is an intimate _____ of people with a common goal.
Pare
Gullible
Bevy
Ameliorate
43. The young adult has a passion for _____ as he has collected over one thousand variegated coins.
Verbose
Ostensible
Variegated
Numismatics
44. Central Park was bathed in ______ sunshine during the day and festivities.
Molt
Lionize
Vacillate
Luminous
45. Instead of ameliorating the pain - the untrained medical student ______ the injury.
Exacerbate
Ostensible
Luminous
Coterie
46. The coach went on a ______ against the listless player who has exacerbated the quality of practice due to his tawdry behavior.
Exacerbate
Archaic
Diatribe
Ethos
47. The ______ t-shirt of the Hawaiian style has not become an anachronism - even in the midst of being used catholicly for themed parties year after year.
Variegated
Pare
Salubrious
Enigma
48. At the homeless shelter - some are their because they are simply _____ - others mentally ill - others going for free food because of being poor with large families.
Panache
Impetuous
Hapless
Exonerate
49. The enthusiastic son ran to _____ wood for his families camp fire.
Ethos
Tawdry
Garner
Numismatics
50. Snakes _____ their skin - leaving it behind on the hot concrete.
Luminous
Molt
Erratic
Erudite