5 Written Questions

1. dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
2. adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
3. not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
4. damaging; harmful; injurious
5. not capable of change

5 Matching Questions

1. refulgent
2. mercurial
3. ostentatious
4. recondite
5. neophyte

1. a hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
2. b a recent convert; a beginner; novice
3. c characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
4. d characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy
5. e radiant; shiny; brilliant

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. using few words; terse
   1. maverick
   2. laconic
   3. tacit
   4. quixotic
2. to publicly praise or promote
   1. tout
   2. tacit
   3. flout
   4. decorum
3. causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
   1. prosaic
   2. soporific
   3. laconic
   4. mollify
4. practical rather than idealistic
   1. laconic
   2. pragmatic
   3. prosaic
   4. probity
5. stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
   1. obfuscate
   2. profligate
   3. disparage
   4. obstinate

5 True/False Questions

1. decorum → polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

   True        False

2. variegated → multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

   True        False

3. propensity → adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

   True        False

4. quotidian → scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

   True        False

5. quixotic → foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals

   True        False