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