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100
Her essay was well put together and she presented a ___________ argument that was convincing to her readers.
What is coherent?
100
acceptance as true
What is credence?
100
at the same time
What is concurrent?
100
Hitler was this kind of leader; he was able to get the German people in the 1930s stirred up by his appeal to their emotions.
What is a demagogue?
100
In the movie The King's Speech, King Edward VIII __________ the throne to marry American Wallace Simpson.
What is abdicated?
200
Her grade was equal to, or ___________, with the amount of studying she did for her test.
What is commensurate
200
believable
What is credible?
200
money
What is currency?
200
Every ten years, the Census Bureau gathers this kind of data.
What is demographic?
200
This word means to assert the opposite of what someone else has said.
What is contradict?
300
regret; guilty conscience
What is compunction?
300
gullible
What is credulous?
300
Don't look over your etymology words with a __________ glance; you won't do well on this Quiz if you do!
What is cursory?
300
Synonyms for this word are indigenous and native to.
What is endemic?
300
An official decree.
What is edict?
400
forgive
What is condone?
400
This is the difference between credulity and credulous.
What is credulity is a noun and credulous is an adjective.
400
Mrs. Trinkle's ____________ on trivial topics is annoying; she goes on and on, seeminlgy unaware that she is boring us to tears.
What is discourse?
400
Widespread
What is pandemic?
400
Legal power to hear and decide cases.
What is jurisdiction?
500
complete or perfect
What is consummate?
500
criminal
What is miscreant?
500
returning repeatedly
What is recurrent?
500
epi is the root for
What is upon?
500
Her __________ was so clear, the audience could understand every word.
What is diction?