5 Written Questions

1. lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time
2. self-evident, expressing a uniersally accepted principle or rule
3. to free from entanglement or difficulties; to remove with effort
4. a general pardon for an offense against a government, in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution
5. fair, just, embodying principles of justice

5 Matching Questions

1. sepulchral
2. autonomy
3. fractious
4. blazon
5. scourge

1. a to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely
2. b to whip, punish severly; a cause of affliction or suffering, a source of severe punishment or criticism
3. c tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
4. d funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
5. e self-government, political control

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a rule of conduct or action
   1. precept
   2. amnesty
   3. caveat
   4. flout
2. tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that induces sleep
   1. axiomatic
   2. soporific
   3. vapid
   4. scourge
3. bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
   1. transient
   2. scathing
   3. scourge
   4. blazon
4. dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
   1. flout
   2. vapid
   3. blazon
   4. filch
5. extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical
   1. scathing
   2. extricate
   3. fractious
   4. straitlaced

5 True/False Questions

1. salutary → beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome

   True        False

2. filch → to mock, treat with contempt

   True        False

3. flout → to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

   True        False

4. caveat → a rule of conduct or action

   True        False

5. unwieldy → not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

   True        False