5 Written Questions

1. To speak poorly of; belittle (v)
2. Pertaining to females (adj.)
3. Harsh sounds (n)
4. Doubtful (adj.)
5. Out-of-the-ordinary; quirky (adj.)

5 Matching Questions

1. (#183) Enervate
2. (#165) Drone
3. (#160) Divergent
4. (#148) Discordant
5. (#182) Encounter

1. a Inharmonious; conflicting (adj.)
2. b To talk on and on in a dull way (v)
3. c To come across; to meet (v)
4. d To weaken (v)
5. e Differing; deviant (adj.)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lessening; reduction in size (n)
   1. (#149) Disdain
   2. (#144) Digression
   3. (#142) Didactic
   4. (#145) Diminution
2. To treat with scorn or contempt (v)
   1. (#146) Discern
   2. (#149) Disdain
   3. (#142) Didactic
   4. (#158) Distaff
3. Hindrance; something that discourages (n)
   1. (#143) Diffident
   2. (#160) Divergent
   3. (#156) Dissent
   4. (#139) Deterrent
4. Evasive; baffling; hard-to-grasp (adj.)
   1. (#174) Elegiac
   2. (#177) Elusive
   3. (#176) Elucidate
   4. (#175) Eloquence
5. Scatter (like seeds) (v)
   1. (#157) Dissonance
   2. (#155) Disseminate
   3. (#154) Disperse
   4. (#156) Dissent

5 True/False Questions

1. (#146) Discern → To distinguish one thing from another (v)

   True        False

2. (#162) Doggerel → Stubbornly opinionated; arbitrary (adj.)

   True        False

3. (#178) Emaciated → To explain; make clear (v)

   True        False

4. (#156) Dissent → Disagreement (n)

   True        False

5. (#168) Duplicity → Double-dealing; conniving; lying (n)

   True        False