5 Written Questions

1. tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
2. a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin
3. to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
4. refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
5. to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

5 Matching Questions

1. coherent
2. acquisitive
3. largesse
4. emulate
5. encomium

1. a holding or sticking together; making a logical whole ; comprehensible, meaningful
2. b a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
3. c generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
4. d able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
5. e to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
   1. tenable
   2. encomium
   3. emulate
   4. temporize
2. so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied
   1. tenable
   2. insatiable
   3. banal
   4. invidious
3. hackneyed, trite, commonplace
   1. banal
   2. belabor
   3. tenable
   4. congeal
4. to claim or take without right
   1. emulate
   2. germane
   3. arrogate
   4. largesse
5. habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
   1. ramify
   2. largesse
   3. eschew
   4. taciturn

5 True/False Questions

1. eschew → a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

   True        False

2. reconnaissance → a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

   True        False

3. substantiate → to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

   True        False

4. ramify → hackneyed, trite, commonplace

   True        False

5. tenable → capable of being held or defended

   True        False