4 Written Questions

1. (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
2. (v.) , to call forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
3. (v.) to intervene, mediate, to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
4. (n.) a gap, a pause, an opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

4 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
   1. meritorious
   2. lurid
   3. umbrage
   4. approbation
2. to mitigate, ease, pacify, alleviate, to relieve, (v.) to quiet, to calm; to put an end to; appease, satisfy, quench.
   1. umbrage
   2. assuage
   3. transcend
   4. lurid
3. (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
   1. assuage
   2. hiatus
   3. elicit
   4. lurid
4. (adj.) trite, commonplace, banal, corny; used so often as to lack freshness or originality.
   1. hackneyed
   2. decadence
   3. assuage
   4. transcend

3 True/False Questions

1. transcend → (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed

   True        False

2. meritorious → (adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise, laudable, commendable.

   True        False

3. umbrage → to mitigate, ease, pacify, alleviate, to relieve, (v.) to quiet, to calm; to put an end to; appease, satisfy, quench.

   True        False