5 Written Questions

1. excess
2. lavish, wasteful
3. silent, reserved
4. deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
5. to satisfy fully or overindulge

5 Matching Questions

1. stigma
2. pragmatic
3. prudence
4. sublime
5. precipitate

1. a a mark of shame or discredit
2. b practical as opposed to idealistic
3. c wisdom, caution, or restraint
4. d to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
5. e lofty or grand

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. to lie or deviate from the truth
   1. repudiate
   2. propitiate
   3. precipitate
   4. prevaricate
2. effective writing or speaking
   1. soporific
   2. stolid
   3. rhetoric
   4. plethora
3. done without using words
   1. reticent
   2. satiate
   3. stolid
   4. tacit
4. unemotional; lacking sensitivity
   1. tacit
   2. stigma
   3. sublime
   4. stolid
5. correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
   1. propriety
   2. rarefy
   3. propitiate
   4. prodigal

5 True/False Questions

1. rarefy → correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

   True        False

2. repudiate → to conciliate; to appease

   True        False

3. pristine → wisdom, caution, or restraint

   True        False

4. quiescent → motionless

   True        False

5. proliferate → to increase in number quickly

   True        False