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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. Very angrily offended
Indignant
Suffragist
Naïve
Circumlocution
2. Full of devotion or passion for something
Zealous
Opportunist
Inception
Euro
3. Gloomy
Ambiguous
Conspicuous
Lugubrious
Recapitulate
4. Sign that something is on the way (usually something bad)
Destiny
Ominous
Circumnavigate
Filibuster
5. Your fate or what's 'supposed' to be
Destiny
Impromptu
Ambiguous
Plethora
6. Made out of; eg. Wrought iron
Chromosome
Akin
Suffragist
Wrought
7. Cheerfully optimistic
Imperious
Diffident
Sanguine
Voracious
8. A lot of; many
Plagiarize
Conspicuous
Amicable
Plethora
9. One who fears strangers or foreigners
Facetious
Wrought
Surreptitiously
Xenophobe
10. Showing off for effect; 'look at me!'
Ostentatious
Acumen
Plethora
Amicable
11. Beginning or start
Chromosome
Ominous
Philosophical
Inception
12. Equal parts day and night; occurs twice yearly (autumnal & vernal)
Contrite
Equinox
Ominous
Plethora
13. An A-Ha! Moment OR a Christian holiday celebrated in January
Plethora
Ambiguous
Facetious
Epiphany
14. Distinguished; like a knight would have been
Equinox
Incognito
Kowtow
Chivalry
15. To do as you're told; to bow down in a servant like way
Chicanery
Auspicious
Epiphany
Kowtow
16. Specialized naming system; often used in scientific classification
Nomenclature
Imperious
Verbatim
Kowtow
17. A REALLY long speech used to get in the way of legislation being passed
Heterogeneous
Incognito
Filibuster
Gauche
18. A speech to oneself; often used in theatrical productions
Soliloquy
Ambiguous
Respiration
Incognito
19. Many possible meanings; unclear or unsure
Filibuster
Circumlocution
Ambiguous
Facetious
20. A complete change
Metamorphosis
Surreptitiously
Gregarious
Impromptu
21. Rejection of all laws and institutions; anarchy
Comply
Equinox
Irony
Nihilism
22. Slyly or in a sneaky manner
Metamorphosis
Auspicious
Irony
Surreptitiously
23. When you expect one thing and you get the opposite OR when you say one thing and mean the opposite
Irony
Deciduous
Akin
Diffident
24. Obvious; clearly visible
Zealous
Filibuster
Conspicuous
Plethora
25. To make your way around
Circumnavigate
Epiphany
Comply
Ambiguous
26. Guideline or boundary
Notarize
Surreptitiously
Conspicuous
Parameter
27. Correct writing and/or spelling
Equinox
Orthography
Amicable
Akin
28. In disguise
Imperative
Zealous
Incognito
Impromptu
29. Stormy or turbulent
Tempestuous
Enervate
Parameter
Recapitulate
30. Keen insight or wit
Nomenclature
Conspicuous
Acumen
Circumlocution
31. Talkative
Sanguine
Enervate
Nomenclature
Loquacious
32. To accuse someone (usually an elected official) of improper conduct
Impeach
Homogeneous
Xenophobe
Lexicon
33. Extreme arrogance or haughtiness
Vortex
Hubris
Amicable
Xenophobe
34. One who seeks an opportunity
Circumnavigate
Impromptu
Proposition
Opportunist
35. A swirling mass of something (often water)
Amicable
Verbatim
Vortex
Recapitulate
36. Proud or overbearing
Imperious
Chicanery
Euro
Proposition
37. Breathing
Inception
Respiration
Voracious
Lugubrious
38. To intensely dislike; hate
Barbaric
Incognito
Respiration
Loathe
39. Crude - violent - untamed
Photosynthesis
Filibuster
Barbaric
Gregarious
40. Craving or consuming large quantities (food - books - collectibles)
Voracious
Zealous
Articulate
Circumnavigate
41. To summarize; recap
Barbaric
Diffident
Comply
Recapitulate
42. Looking inside oneself
Zealous
Introspective
Filibuster
Chicanery
43. Foolish - awkward - socially inept
Plethora
Acumen
Gauche
Chicanery
44. To have energy sapped - be depleted
Photosynthesis
Enervate
Imperative
Respiration
45. Warlike; always looking for a fight
Destiny
Bellicose
Opportunist
Deciduous
46. Related to or alike
Akin
Articulate
Introspective
Circumnavigate
47. A command; something that must be done
Chivalry
Lugubrious
Barbaric
Imperative
48. Genetic part of our DNA; most humans have 46
Sanguine
Chromosome
Bellicose
Chicanery
49. Without controversy; you can't argue about it
Naïve
Xenophobe
Parameter
Incontrovertible
50. To speak clearly; describing someone who speaks clearly
Kowtow
Articulate
Acumen
Soliloquy