5 Written Questions

1. adj. accustomed
2. n. a figure of speech comparing one thing to another using an explicit word of comparison ("like," "as," etc.)
3. adj. not producing the desired outcome; worthless; proud or conceited
4. adj. stressing practical use over other values
5. n. a risk of being harmed

5 Matching Questions

1. earthy
2. spoils
3. expel
4. conduit
5. plumb

1. a n. a channel for conducting fluids; a means by which something is transmitted
2. b n. things acquired as the result of winning a conflict
3. c adj. coarse; crude; unrefined
4. d v. to force out
5. e to investigate carefully

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. adj. rough and blunt, but not unkind, in manner
   1. bland
   2. bluff
   3. slip
   4. plumb
2. n. an arrangement of lines, often of a fixed pattern, forming a division of a poem
   1. stanza
   2. vain
   3. rant
   4. saga
3. n. a storehouse or supply, esp. of weapons
   1. arsenal
   2. saga
   3. rant
   4. alienate
4. v. to look at or think about carefully; to consider as a possibility
   1. contemplate
   2. aftermath
   3. assimilate
   4. alienate
5. v. to stare at with desire
   1. ogle
   2. vain
   3. embed
   4. simile

5 True/False Questions

1. rescind → v. to take back or cancel

   True        False

2. champ → n. a disagreeable, predatory woman

   True        False

3. coalition → n. an alliance, esp. a temporary one

   True        False

4. allegory → n. a literary work in which the characters represent abstract ideas; a symbolic representation

   True        False

5. saga → n. a docking space for a ship between two piers

   True        False