5 Written Questions

1. harmful or poisonous
2. to express extreme joy
3. to the point, brief
4. embarrased
5. about to take place

5 Matching Questions

1. querulous
2. fallacy
3. audacity
4. raconteur
5. unnerving

1. a causing nervousness or fear
2. b boldness, often in the face of authority
3. c a person who excels at telling stories
4. d a false idea, a lie
5. e whiny, complaining

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. uncaringly arrogant
   1. facetious
   2. supercilious
   3. gregarious
   4. superfluous
2. briefness
   1. audacity
   2. brevity
   3. reign
   4. witty
3. gloomy or depressed
   1. wry
   2. mosaic
   3. novice
   4. morose
4. publicly accused
   1. duped
   2. denounced
   3. jejune
   4. unsound
5. beginner (synonym for neophyte)
   1. futile
   2. strive
   3. novice
   4. provoke

5 True/False Questions

1. impudent → offensively bold

   True        False

2. tranquility → peace and quiet

   True        False

3. unsound → unstable

   True        False

4. mosaic → an image made of many small/colored tiles

   True        False

5. deluded → deceived or misled

   True        False