5 Written Questions

1. holding or sticking together, making sense
2. a formal expression of praise
3. to avoid or shun
4. a solemn agreement
5. able to get and to retain information

5 Matching Questions

1. incendiary
2. carping
3. emulate
4. histrionic
5. accost

1. a to approach and speak to first
2. b tending to find fault
3. c to imitate with the intent of surpassing the model
4. d deliberately setting or causing fires
5. e theatrical, meladramatic

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. calm, peaceful, happy
   1. banal
   2. belabor
   3. accost
   4. halycon
2. to change from liquid to solid
   1. banal
   2. covenant
   3. congeal
   4. coherent
3. wandering from a straight course, underhanded
   1. avid
   2. encomium
   3. devious
   4. belabor
4. a move designed to gain an advanatge
   1. avid
   2. banal
   3. carping
   4. gambit
5. to work on excessively
   1. celerity
   2. belabor
   3. halycon
   4. banal

5 True/False Questions

1. banal → intensely eager

   True        False

2. brackish → having a salty taste

   True        False

3. excoriation → a strong denunciation

   True        False

4. arrogate → to take or claim without right

   True        False

5. avid → intensely eager

   True        False