5 Written Questions

1. to praise
2. to relieve, make more bearable
3. talkative, wordy: fond of talking
4. to clarify, explain
5. the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

5 Matching Questions

1. vivacious
2. disparage
3. nondescript
4. droll
5. rescind

1. a lively, sprightly, full of energy
2. b to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue
3. c to repeal, cancel
4. d amusingly odd
5. e ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome
   1. elucidate
   2. edict
   3. rescind
   4. bellicose
2. generous in forgiving, above small meanness
   1. magnanimous
   2. mandatory
   3. locquacious
   4. vivacious
3. not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
   1. edict
   2. dissonant
   3. droll
   4. disparage
4. required, obligatory
   1. magnanimous
   2. appall
   3. droll
   4. mandatory
5. an order issued by someone in authority
   1. loll
   2. whet
   3. laud
   4. edict

5 True/False Questions

1. appall → to fill with dismay or horror

   True        False

2. phlegmatic → to relieve, make more bearable

   True        False

3. loll → amusingly odd

   True        False

4. alacrity → a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action

   True        False

5. whet → to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager

   True        False