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