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