Vocabulary Quiz 5

This quiz consists of words taken from Vocabulary Lists Week 21 through Week 25. Note: Some questions will require you to choose the best word for the definition provided while other questions will require you to choose the correct definition for the given word.

published on August 30, 2011
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Novice

Hint: 1 choice
(n.) something that holds seperate parts together
(n.) a beginner; someone without training or experience
(n.) a destructive whirlpool that rapidly sucks in objects
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Quixotic

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) watchful, alert
(adj.) idealistic
(adj.) intricate, complicated, involved
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(v.) to satisfy excessively

Hint: 1 choice
Satiate
Catalyze
Bequeatth
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(adj.) expressive, articulate, moving

Hint: 1 choice
Pert
Eloquent
Brusque
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(n.) a visual signal

Hint: 1 choice
Linchpin
Consolation
Semaphore
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(n.) deceitful, cunning, sly behavior

Hint: 1 choice
Propriety
Indignation
Guile
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Flout

Hint: 1 choice
(v.) to charge, inspire
(v.) to leap about, behave boisterously
(v.) to disregard or disobey openly
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(v.) to call together

Hint: 1 choice
Convene
Emulate
Mitigate
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Ebullient

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) flippant, bold
(adj.) intricate, complicated, involved
(adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic
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Colloquial

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless
(adj.) characteristic of informal conversation
(adj.) equivalent in value or significance
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Abnegation

Hint: 1 choice
(n.) an anger sparked by something unjust or unfair
(n.) denial of comfort to oneself
(n.) tendency, inclination, prejudice
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(adj.) having opposing feelings

Hint: 1 choice
Ambivalent
Aloof
Brusque
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(n.) a break or gap in duration or continuity

Hint: 1 choice
Maelstrom
Anecdote
Haitus
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Elucidate

Hint: 1 choice
(v.) to clarify
(v.) to make less violent
(v.) to disappear; to waste
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(n.) one who can resolve a dispute, make a decision

Hint: 1 choice
Arbiter
Litigant
Incumbent
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(v.) to ease the anger of; soothe

Hint: 1 choice
Dissipage
Placate
Congeal
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Calamity

Hint: 1 choice
(n.) an event with disastrous consequences
(n.) anger sparked by something unjust or unfair
(n. ) a short, humorous account
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(adj.) existing everywhere, widespread

Hint: 1 choice
Tantamount
Brusque
Ubiquitous
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Melee

Hint: 1 choice
(n.) a short, humorous account
(n.) something that holds seperate parts together
(n.) a confused struggle, a brawl
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Evince

Hint: 1 choice
(v.) to thicken into a solid
(v.) to show, reveal
(v.) to cut down, shorten