5 Written Questions

1. understatement for emphasis (literary term)
2. to make glass or metal stronger
3. having vertical parallel grooves
4. a miserable or unhappy person
5. examination of accounts of a business; official examination

5 Matching Questions

1. endearing
2. noose
3. sleeper
4. arroyo
5. sunder

1. a a stream or brook
2. b to break or wrench apart
3. c an unexpected hit or success (+)
4. d loop formed in a rope
5. e lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. strike with a club or a blunt weapon
   1. occlude
   2. bludgeon
   3. tureen
   4. fluted
2. salary; payment for an office; compensation
   1. occlude
   2. knoll
   3. emolument
   4. yeoman
3. a deviation from the norm
   1. vivisection
   2. aberration
   3. fructify
   4. infraction
4. middle-class farmer
   1. deign
   2. wan
   3. ken
   4. yeoman
5. a small carved or molded figure
   1. spruce
   2. vicar
   3. mincing
   4. figurine

5 True/False Questions

1. bicker → argue over petty things

   True        False

2. careen → a glass water bottle

   True        False

3. tantrum → an outburst of temper or anger (esp. of a child)

   True        False

4. imperious → arrogantly domineering or overbearing

   True        False

5. repast → a meal

   True        False