5 Written Questions

1. arousing fear or worry; fostering respect or awe*
2. conspicuous in a highly negative way; glaring, gross
3. suitable, practical; advisable, opportunistic
4. happening by chance*; accidental
5. fond of groups; social and sociable, convivial

5 Matching Questions

1. heinous
2. gibe
3. hackneyed
4. hedonist
5. fallacious

1. a someone who lives for pleasure or happiness
2. b without originality; trite, banal, overused
3. c shockingly brutal or cruel
4. d to make fun of or tease with rude remarks; to scoff, deride
5. e false or deceptive; tending to delude or mislead

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. of acting or drama; sometimes, overly dramatic; theatrical
   1. fastidious
   2. flagrant
   3. hedonist
   4. histrionic
2. forerunner; something that foreshadows the future; precursor
   1. heinous
   2. hackneyed
   3. harbinger
   4. germane
3. stinking, malodorous
   1. gibe
   2. guile
   3. furtive
   4. fetid
4. offered freely; not necessary under the circumstances, and therefore unwanted; unasked for; unwarranted
   1. gregarious
   2. garrulous
   3. gratuitous
   4. fortuitous
5. demanding the utmost, persnickety; showing meticulous workmanship or care
   1. fortuitous
   2. fallacious
   3. fastidious
   4. heinous

5 True/False Questions

1. furtive → of sly or secretive behavior*; surreptitious, even stolen (as furtive goods)

   True        False

2. extenuate → to reduce the severity or importance of; to mitigate (a crime, an illness)

   True        False

3. guile → trickery or cunning; duplicity

   True        False

4. germane → fitting and appropriate; pertinent, relevant

   True        False

5. garrulous → extremely talkative; loquacious, gabby, verbose

   True        False