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