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