5 Written Questions

1. (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
   
   Syn: (adj.) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
   Ant: (adj.) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad minded
2. (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
   
   Syn: sated, surfeited, cloyed
   Ant: unspoiled, uncloyed
3. (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed
   
   Syn: surpass, outstrip
4. (n.) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
   
   Syn: irritation, pique, annoyance
   Ant: pleasure, delight, satisfaction
5. (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
   
   Syn: insinuation, intimation
   Ant: direct statement

5 Matching Questions

1. simulate
2. assuage
3. petulant
4. hackneyed
5. intercede

1. a (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
   
   Syn: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
   Ant: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
2. b (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
   
   Syn: irritable, testy, waspish
   Ant: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable
3. c (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
   
   Syn: intervene, mediate
4. d (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality
   
   Syn: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
   Ant: new, fresh, novel, original
5. e (v) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
   
   Syn: feign, pretend, affect

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
   
   Syn: protest, remonstrate, complain
   1. assuage
   2. expostulate
   3. simulate
   4. petulant
2. (v.) to draw forth, bring out form some source (such as another person)
   
   Syn: call forth evoke, extract, educe
   Ant: repress, quash, squelch, stifle
   1. petulant
   2. hiatus
   3. lurid
   4. elicit
3. (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
   
   Syn: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
   Ant: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable
   1. unctuous
   2. meritorious
   3. coalition
   4. hiatus
4. (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
   
   Syn: commendation, sanction
   Ant: disapproval, condemnation, censure
   1. coalition
   2. prerogative
   3. approbation
   4. provincial
5. (n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
   
   Syn: alliance, league, federation, combine
   Ant: splinter group
   1. hiatus
   2. coalition
   3. lurid
   4. elicit

5 True/False Questions

1. decadence → (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
   
   Syn: sated, surfeited, cloyed
   Ant: unspoiled, uncloyed

   True        False

2. unctuous → (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
   
   Syn: pause, lacuna
   Ant: continuity, continuation

   True        False

3. lurid → (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
   
   Syn: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
   Ant: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

   True        False

4. prerogative → (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
   
   Syn: perquisite, perk

   True        False

5. hiatus → (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
   
   Syn: sated, surfeited, cloyed
   Ant: unspoiled, uncloyed

   True        False