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