Sound Smart Quiz #3

An impression of having seen or experienced something before.

• déjà vu
• angst
• brusque
• euphemism
• hedonist

A person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.

• hedonist
• angst
• brusque
• déjà vu
• euphemism

Characterized by vivid descriptions or explicit details that are meant to provoke or shock.

• lurid
• nirvana

• perfunctory

• spartan

• ubiquitous

Done routinely and with little interest or care.

• lurid

• nirvana

• perfunctory

• spartan

• ubiquitous

An ideal condition of harmony, stability, or joy.

• lurid

• nirvana

• perfunctory

• spartan

• ubiquitous

A mild, indirect, or vague word used instead of one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.

• euphemism
• angst
• brusque
• déjà vu
• hedonist

Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained.

• lurid

• nirvana

• perfunctory

• spartan

• ubiquitous

A feeling of anxiety or apprehension.

• angst
• brusque
• déjà vu
• euphemism
• hedonist

Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt.

• brusque
• angst
• déjà vu
• euphemism
• hedonist

Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time.

• lurid

• nirvana

• perfunctory

• spartan

• ubiquitous