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Power Vocab
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Subject
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english
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. Slyness or cleverness
Incognito
Circumlocution
Chicanery
Metamorphosis
2. Related to or alike
Verbatim
Akin
Bellicose
Vortex
3. Crude - violent - untamed
Circumnavigate
Enervate
Filibuster
Barbaric
4. To intensely dislike; hate
Loathe
Zealous
Circumlocution
Incontrovertible
5. One who fears strangers or foreigners
Zealous
Enervate
Xenophobe
Verbatim
6. To take/copy something from another person and claim it as your own work or not give credit to the person who created it
Enervate
Plagiarize
Loathe
Xenophobe
7. Obvious; clearly visible
Gauche
Conspicuous
Chromosome
Naïve
8. Gloomy
Opportunist
Acumen
Philosophical
Lugubrious
9. A command; something that must be done
Impeach
Acumen
Destiny
Imperative
10. Very angrily offended
Indignant
Euro
Destiny
Irony
11. Trying to be funny or lighthearted; joking
Euro
Impromptu
Facetious
Kowtow
12. To summarize; recap
Nomenclature
Deciduous
Plethora
Recapitulate
13. Craving or consuming large quantities (food - books - collectibles)
Destiny
Comply
Nomenclature
Voracious
14. Guideline or boundary
Filibuster
Kowtow
Acumen
Parameter
15. A dictionary or complete set of words; everyone has their own personal one as well
Nomenclature
Lexicon
Deciduous
Akin
16. Plants getting energy from sunlight
Photosynthesis
Sanguine
Incognito
Soliloquy
17. Warlike; always looking for a fight
Recapitulate
Voracious
Bellicose
Notarize
18. All the same
Ominous
Surreptitiously
Homogeneous
Auspicious
19. To have energy sapped - be depleted
Imperative
Sanguine
Enervate
Orthography
20. A suggested plan
Proposition
Equinox
Loathe
Enervate
21. Empty; vacant
Soliloquy
Ominous
Opportunist
Vacuous
22. Specialized naming system; often used in scientific classification
Comply
Kowtow
Auspicious
Nomenclature
23. Correct writing and/or spelling
Kowtow
Orthography
Surreptitiously
Irony
24. A swirling mass of something (often water)
Plagiarize
Vortex
Ostentatious
Equinox
25. Stormy or turbulent
Nihilism
Impeach
Tempestuous
Amicable
26. Truly sorry
Equinox
Contrite
Xenophobe
Vacuous
27. Extreme arrogance or haughtiness
Epiphany
Facetious
Acumen
Hubris
28. Beginning or start
Sanguine
Inception
Irony
Nomenclature
29. In disguise
Enervate
Plagiarize
Incognito
Soliloquy
30. Full of devotion or passion for something
Zealous
Verbatim
Respiration
Ominous
31. Looking inside oneself
Introspective
Contrite
Suffragist
Chicanery
32. Talkative
Loquacious
Tempestuous
Imperious
Circumnavigate
33. Not planned
Impromptu
Homogeneous
Introspective
Xenophobe
34. A complete change
Metamorphosis
Loathe
Imperative
Plagiarize
35. Slyly or in a sneaky manner
Deciduous
Indignant
Surreptitiously
Akin
36. The love of thoughts and thinking about thinking
Kowtow
Philosophical
Verbatim
Equinox
37. Innocent; unaware of what's going on
Sanguine
Naïve
Hubris
Vacuous
38. Sign that something is on the way (usually something bad)
Soliloquy
Ominous
Conspicuous
Xenophobe
39. The opposite of confident
Vacuous
Loathe
Diffident
Hubris
40. To do as you're told
Comply
Sanguine
Incontrovertible
Auspicious
41. Being a social butterfly
Soliloquy
Destiny
Enervate
Gregarious
42. Foolish - awkward - socially inept
Ambiguous
Soliloquy
Gauche
Voracious
43. Breathing
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Barbaric
Zealous
44. To talk in circles - or go on and on (around and around)
Circumlocution
Recapitulate
Ostentatious
Amicable
45. To do as you're told; to bow down in a servant like way
Ambiguous
Tempestuous
Vortex
Kowtow
46. An opportune time; good timing
Irony
Introspective
Auspicious
Photosynthesis
47. Your fate or what's 'supposed' to be
Recapitulate
Destiny
Nihilism
Incognito
48. Distinguished; like a knight would have been
Notarize
Voracious
Chivalry
Nomenclature
49. Equal parts day and night; occurs twice yearly (autumnal & vernal)
Equinox
Imperative
Ostentatious
Chicanery
50. Showing off for effect; 'look at me!'
Voracious
Chivalry
Plagiarize
Ostentatious