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Here are sixty words, Find the closest meaning of each. Keep your Scores valid.
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49 - 54 : Excellent
55 - 60 : Superior.

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  1. disheveled
    in disarray; extremely disorderly
  2. baffle
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  3. lenient
    inclined to be permissive or indulgent
  4. repulsive
    offensive to the mind or senses
  5. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  6. parry
    impede the movement of
  7. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  8. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  9. incredible
    amazing; extraordinarily good or great
  10. ophthalmologist
    a doctor who diagnoses and treats diseases of the eye
  11. supersede
    take the place or move into the position of
  12. anonymous
    having no known name or identity or known source
  13. autopsy
    an examination and dissection of a dead body
  14. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  15. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  16. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  17. atheist
    someone who denies the existence of god
  18. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  19. oculist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  20. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  21. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  22. affluence
    abundant wealth
  23. retrospect
    contemplation of things past
  24. gourmet
    a person highly knowledgeable and appreciative of fine food and drink
  25. simulate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks
  26. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  27. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  28. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  29. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  30. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  31. nostalgic
    unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things
  32. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  33. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  34. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  35. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  36. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  37. malign
    speak unfavorably about
  38. congenital
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  39. neurosis
    a mental illness that makes you behave in an unusual way
  40. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  41. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  42. psychosis
    severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost
  43. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  44. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  45. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  46. laconic
    brief and to the point
  47. semantic
    of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning
  48. cavalier
    showing a lack of concern or seriousness
  49. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  50. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  51. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  52. perspicacity
    the ability to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
  53. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  54. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  55. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  56. inveterate
    habitual
  57. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  58. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  59. prurient
    characterized by lust
  60. uxorious
    foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
Created on Sun Jun 23 00:17:04 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Jun 23 03:23:15 EDT 2013)

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