5 Written Questions

1. highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
   Synonyms: disagreeable, hateful
   Antonyms: agreeable, pleasing, personable
2. to refer to casually or indirectly
   Synonyms: suggest, insinuate, hint at, intimate
3. supernaturally perceptive; one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
   Synonyms: insightful, discerning, uncanny
   Antonyms: blind, unseeing, myopic, dense
4. native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristics of or prevalent in a field
   Synonyms: indigenous, restricted to
   Antonyms: alien, foreign, extraneous
5. calm, peaceful
   Synonyms: tranquil, quiet, serene
   Antonyms: stormy, turbulent

5 Matching Questions

1. plagiarism
2. pretext
3. potent
4. placate
5. misconstrue

1. a a false reason, deceptive excuse
   Synonyms: pretense, cover story
2. b to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
   Synonyms: misjudge, misinterpret
3. c powerful; highly effective
   Synonyms: mighty, forceful
   Antonyms: weak, inept, feckless
4. d to appease, soothe, pacify
   Synonyms: satisfy, mollify, allay
   Antonyms: vex, irk, provoke, annoy
5. e passing off or using as one's own the writing of another person
   Synonyms: piracy, theft

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
   Synonyms: praiseworthy, sterling
   Antonyms: infamous, notorious
   1. itinerary
   2. exemplary
   3. endemic
   4. stark
2. treacherous cunning, deceit
   Synonyms: trickery, duplicity
   Antonyms: candor, plain dealing
   1. guile
   2. allude
   3. stark
   4. pretext
3. on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow
   Synonyms: skin-deep, cursory
   Antonyms: deep, profound, thorough
   1. endemic
   2. placid
   3. superficial
   4. placate
4. harsh, unrelieved, desolate, utterly
   Synonyms: sheer, downright, grim
   Antonyms: bright, cheerful
   1. potent
   2. stark
   3. guile
   4. placid
5. serving to settle an issue; final
   Synonyms: decisive, indisputable, convincing
   Antonyms: unsettled, provisional, indefinite
   1. conclusive
   2. allude
   3. guile
   4. misconstrue

5 True/False Questions

1. protrude → a false reason, deceptive excuse
   Synonyms: pretense, cover story

   True        False

2. fathom → to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; a measure of depth in water
   Synonyms: grasp, figure out, plumb

   True        False

3. integrity → native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristics of or prevalent in a field
   Synonyms: indigenous, restricted to
   Antonyms: alien, foreign, extraneous

   True        False

4. itinerary → a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook
   Synonyms: schedule, program

   True        False

5. disreputable → to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
   Synonyms: misjudge, misinterpret

   True        False