5 Written Questions

1. favoritism towards relatives
2. generous
3. an opening, a split
4. artificial, sham
5. on edge, keyed up, tense

5 Matching Questions

1. potentate
2. corpulent
3. brigand
4. charisma
5. hyperbole

1. a exaggerated figure of speech
2. b excessively fat, flesh, obese
3. c bandit, robber
4. d quality of leadership inspiring enthusiasm
5. e ruler

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. find out about, discover
   1. rail
   2. potentate
   3. ascertain
   4. internecine
2. lack, security
   1. rail
   2. yen
   3. dearth
   4. taut
3. scatter, spread
   1. decapitate
   2. ruminate
   3. disseminate
   4. dormant
4. a trifle
   1. raconteur
   2. martinet
   3. appalled
   4. bagatelle
5. lying, deviation from the truth
   1. prerogative
   2. decapitate
   3. prevarication
   4. ruminate

5 True/False Questions

1. encomium → high praise

   True        False

2. burgeoned → grew, flourished

   True        False

3. internecine → planned destruction of an entire people

   True        False

4. derived → received from a source, descended from

   True        False

5. tyro → on edge, keyed up, tense

   True        False