5 Written Questions

1. (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
2. (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
3. (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
4. (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed
5. (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

5 Matching Questions

1. coalition
2. expostulate
3. jaded
4. innuendo
5. umbrage

1. a (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
2. b (n.) offense; resentment
3. c (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning
4. d (adj.) dulled or satiated by overindulgence.
5. e (n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
   1. elicit
   2. meritorious
   3. coalition
   4. unctuous
2. (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
   1. jaded
   2. lurid
   3. assuage
   4. elicit
3. (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
   1. provincial
   2. prerogative
   3. simulate
   4. approbation
4. (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
   1. petulant
   2. hackneyed
   3. decadence
   4. jaded
5. (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
   1. petulant
   2. coalition
   3. elicit
   4. lurid

5 True/False Questions

1. hackneyed → (adj.) dulled or satiated by overindulgence.

   True        False

2. assuage → (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

   True        False

3. simulate → (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of; to create a model of

   True        False

4. provincial → (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; (n.) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

   True        False

5. hiatus → (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing), a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

   True        False