5 Written Questions

1. (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
2. (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
3. (n.) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
4. (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
5. (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning

5 Matching Questions

1. Hiatus
2. Petulant
3. Simulate
4. Innuendo
5. Decadence

1. a (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
2. b (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
3. c (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
4. d (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
5. e (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
   1. Hiatus
   2. Elicit
   3. Approbation
   4. Coalition
2. (v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
   1. Simulate
   2. Assuage
   3. Umbrage
   4. Lurid
3. (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
   1. Umbrage
   2. Lurid
   3. Hiatus
   4. Jaded
4. (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
   1. Elicit
   2. Hiatus
   3. Coalition
   4. Lurid
5. (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality
   1. Jaded
   2. Hackneyed
   3. Transcend
   4. Assuage

5 True/False Questions

1. Lurid → (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

   True        False

2. Transcend → (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed

   True        False

3. Prerogative → (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

   True        False

4. Provincial → (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

   True        False

5. Approbation → (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

   True        False