7 Written Questions

1. to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
2. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
3. having an agreeably pungent taste; spicy
4. Exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell
5. bitter verbal attack, very angry speech
6. navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude
7. criticize severely

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a (usually) large and scholarly book
   1. tome
   2. rail
   3. laud
   4. stand
2. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
   1. rancorous
   2. deleterious
   3. rail
   4. laud
3. causing shock, horror, or revulsion
   1. rail
   2. lurid
   3. stand
   4. laud
4. pertaining to horses
   1. tome
   2. equine
   3. stand
   4. piquant
5. a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
   1. rail
   2. laud
   3. sextant
   4. stand
6. stinking; putrid
   1. noisome
   2. tome
   3. equine
   4. rail

6 True/False Questions

1. virulent → having an agreeably pungent taste; spicy

   True        False

2. hackneyed → to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

   True        False

3. deleterious → bitter verbal attack, very angry speech

   True        False

4. illicit → not permitted, unlawful, improper

   True        False

5. laud → criticize severely

   True        False

6. mendacity → a lie or falsehood

   True        False