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Power Vocab

Subject : 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. Genetic part of our DNA; most humans have 46






2. To speak clearly; describing someone who speaks clearly






3. Plants getting energy from sunlight






4. Mixed - having many different components






5. Many possible meanings; unclear or unsure






6. Distinguished; like a knight would have been






7. To make your way around






8. A command; something that must be done






9. A person who fights for voting rights






10. To do as you're told






11. To talk in circles - or go on and on (around and around)






12. When you expect one thing and you get the opposite OR when you say one thing and mean the opposite






13. Equal parts day and night; occurs twice yearly (autumnal & vernal)






14. Not planned






15. Proud or overbearing






16. Being a social butterfly






17. The opposite of confident






18. Guideline or boundary






19. The love of thoughts and thinking about thinking






20. One who seeks an opportunity






21. Correct writing and/or spelling






22. All the same






23. Trying to be funny or lighthearted; joking






24. A swirling mass of something (often water)






25. Friendly or agreeable






26. Obvious; clearly visible






27. Very angrily offended






28. To have energy sapped - be depleted






29. Keen insight or wit






30. To accuse someone (usually an elected official) of improper conduct






31. Beginning or start






32. Showing off for effect; 'look at me!'






33. To take/copy something from another person and claim it as your own work or not give credit to the person who created it






34. Slyness or cleverness






35. Truly sorry






36. To intensely dislike; hate






37. Falling off or shedding at a certain stage of growth






38. Currency used in many European countries






39. To do as you're told; to bow down in a servant like way






40. An A-Ha! Moment OR a Christian holiday celebrated in January






41. Breathing






42. Specialized naming system; often used in scientific classification






43. One who fears strangers or foreigners






44. Crude - violent - untamed






45. Cheerfully optimistic






46. Harmful






47. Related to or alike






48. To summarize; recap






49. Gloomy






50. Warlike; always looking for a fight