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