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