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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An opera singer - prima donna - a temperamental - conceited person
gravity
stratagem
diva
quixotic
2. Able to get along well
compatible
capitulate
deference
saccharine
3. Happening by chance - lucky or fortunate
tepid
gullible
fortuitous
placate
4. To seize wrongfully
philanthropy
egregious
anomalous
usurp
5. An outcast
augment
pariah
benign
gratuitous
6. Boringly scholarly - academic in mode
pedantic
reprehensible
quixotic
garner
7. A powerful rival - a usually unconquerable opponent
liaison
overture
jargon
nemesis
8. Brief - without much attention to detail
cursory
pious
quixotic
philanthropy
9. Seriousness
zenith
pique
gravity
prudent
10. An evil reputation borne of a criminal act - a reputation for evil deeds
prosaic
tirade
infamy
emissary
11. Primitive - rural - lacking city comforts
rustic
docile
dearth
prolific
12. Immoral - lewd - deliberate maliciousness - having no regard for others
ogle
diffuse
wanton
relic
13. To support with evidence
efface
homage
corroborate
juxtapose
14. Good will towards all people - love of mankind - act of generosity
philanthropy
plausible
juxtapose
trite
15. To open up a subject for discussion
broach
negligent
surmise
criterion
16. Pleasantly old-fashioned - picturesque
quaint
incessant
augment
wanton
17. A rule or principle to guide conduct
austere
precept
harbinger
scanty
18. To snub - to refuse in a blunt or rude way
destitute
guile
nemesis
rebuff
19. Concerned with or appreciative of beauty
aesthetic
manifest
stymie
tout
20. A precursor - an indication - one that foreshadows what is coming
circumspect
buffoon
advocate
harbinger
21. Clearly stated - precisely shown
explicit
latent
hubris
prolific
22. To erase - to rub away the features - to obscure
efface
discerning
judicious
vilify
23. A blessing - a good wish
criterion
benediction
embellish
pique
24. Intense - forceful - marked by strong feeling
pariah
vehement
emissary
raucous
25. To criticize severely
reprehensible
chastise
manifest
tonic
26. Clown or fool
intrepid
anomalous
buffoon
catharsis
27. Careful - cautious
prudent
permeate
expunge
irreverent
28. Mutual - interchangeable - shared
cursory
bracing
reciprocal
judicious
29. Cunning duplicity - purposeful deceit
guile
delineate
finesse
opaque
30. A group - or part of a large group - united on an issue
imperious
faction
tryst
colloquial
31. Poverty stricken - needy
delude
indigent
esoteric
obviate
32. To be indecisive or inconstant - to fluctuate in opinion
waver
travesty
odious
transfix
33. Noisy commotion - uproar
tumult
clemency
facade
paltry
34. Uncertain - temporary not fully worked out
tentative
didactic
sloth
robust
35. Non-conventional - a little kooky
eccentric
scintillate
myriad
eulogize
36. One who suffers for a cause - a person who sacrifices for a principle
quell
advocate
martyr
maverick
37. To describe or picture in words - to detail
delineate
depreciate
dormant
prosaic
38. To stray from the main subject
oligarchy
digress
aggrandize
circumspect
39. Without a permanent home - constantly wandering
temperance
nomadic
stagnate
futile
40. Believable
dormant
plausible
incessant
permeate
41. Understood by only a few
rustic
esoteric
gamut
maverick
42. To dismiss to a less prominent position - to banish
callous
colloquial
relegate
volatile
43. Lively - spirited
abysmal
vivacious
urbane
infamy
44. Unfeeling and insensitive
callous
pretentious
broach
amnesty
45. To prevent from being accomplished - to frustrate - to hinder
deft
thwart
pious
broach
46. Limited in outlook - narrow in ideas
fledgling
provincial
delude
liaison
47. Unimportant - insignificant
novel
caustic
fledgling
trivial
48. Similar - of the same kind - uniform in nature
verbose
coherent
amnesty
homogeneous
49. Scarcity - smallness in number or amount
palatable
paucity
heresy
saccharine
50. Wordy
verbose
robust
amnesty
latent
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