5 Written Questions

1. To blame for something; a disgrace. Her conduct was so good that it was beyond ___.
2. A brief outline of the main points of a text or course of study. The ___ that the professor gave to us stated that the final exam counts for 60% of our grade.
3. A short, ficticious story that has a moral. Jesus often imparted knowledge to his disciples through ___.
4. Speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound. I could hardly endure the constant ___ of the speaer's voice.
5. Incapable of being expressed in speech or words. Her delight in beeing selected as a cheerleader was ___.

5 Matching Questions

1. decorum
2. Deference
3. Obtuse
4. Inception
5. Neophyte

1. a Appropriate conduct, correct and proper behaviour. The students' ___ at the dance was excellent.
2. b A recent convert, beginner, novice. Being a ___ to surfing, he is having trouble catching a wave.
3. c The beginning of something. Joe has worked for the company since its ___ in 1935.
4. d Dull of mind, insensitive, stupid. His ___ response to the question showed that he did not understand the nature of the discussion.
5. e Courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another. In ___ to your wishes, I will not see him again.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. shameless, insolent, disrespectful. Pinching that woman was a very ___ act.
   1. brazen
   2. Drone
   3. Rant
   4. abase
2. Lacking clarity of feature or sharpness of outline. She had a ___ recollection of the meeting with the man, unable to provide any specific facts about it.
   1. Syllabus
   2. Neophyte
   3. Nebulous
   4. decorum
3. A scholar, a learned person. Woodrow Wilson is an example of a ___ who became president.
   1. Savant
   2. abase
   3. Vapid
   4. Rant
4. Size or dimensions (usually the measure around a body). To be a sumo wrestler, one must have a large ___.
   1. Vapid
   2. Drone
   3. Girth
   4. Rant
5. causing to be useless, crippling, causing to appear stupid. The teacher ___ his position in the classroom if he permits bad behavior.
   1. enunciate
   2. caustic
   3. Inception
   4. stultifying

5 True/False Questions

1. abase → to degrade, to humiliate. the bitter woman deliberately set out to ___ her husband in public.

   True        False

2. Grandiose → Speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound. I could hardly endure the constant ___ of the speaer's voice.

   True        False

3. Rant → Speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound. I could hardly endure the constant ___ of the speaer's voice.

   True        False

4. enunciate → to renounce, to give up power. In order to marry the commoner, the king had to ___ his thr

   True        False

5. caustic → Dull, iname, insipid. The ___ discussion between the two girls was boring and uninteresting.

   True        False