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