5 Written Questions

1. mild; tasteless; dull
2. a barrier; obstruction
3. to look at or think about with great satisfaction
4. embarrassment; a complete loss of courage
5. a correction

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a fragment
   1. bland
   2. shard
   3. gloat
   4. chagrin
2. an exact opposite;an opposite extreme
   1. effete
   2. nihilism
   3. impotent
   4. antithesis
3. savage; brutal
   1. gloat
   2. shard
   3. bestial
   4. bauble
4. very sheer and light
   1. chagrin
   2. bland
   3. diaphanous
   4. emandation
5. a showy but useless thing
   1. effete
   2. chagrin
   3. bauble
   4. bland

5 True/False Question

1. labyrinth → a complicated network of winding passages; a maze
   

   True        False

2. maelstrom → whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind
   

   True        False

3. effete → to look at or think about with great satisfaction
   

   True        False

4. nihilism → a total rejection of the established laws
   

   True        False

5. impotent → powerless; lacking strength
   

   True        False