5 Written Questions

1. unorthodox
2. plots, evil designs
3. tirade, bitter criticism
4. to infect
5. independence, self-rule

5 Matching Questions

1. pusillanimous
2. terminology
3. aplomb
4. querulous
5. coalesce

1. a nomenclature, a set of names or terms
2. b self-assurance, self-confidence, poise
3. c cowardly; fearful
4. d combine
5. e fretful, complaining

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. vibrate, to swing or move back and forth, like a pendulum
   1. aggregate
   2. truncate
   3. oscillate
   4. inoculate
2. a careful or thorough reading
   1. heretical
   2. decant
   3. perusal
   4. truncate
3. a fake, a pretender to a skill
   1. heretical
   2. perusal
   3. coalesce
   4. charlatan
4. curse
   1. machinations
   2. attrition
   3. malediction
   4. facetious
5. wearing down, a decline
   1. attrition
   2. heretical
   3. diatribe
   4. malediction

5 True/False Questions

1. truncate → cut off, to shorten

   True        False

2. gauche → clumsy, awkward, tactless

   True        False

3. aggregate → sum, to collect, to gather together

   True        False

4. facetious → joking, sarcastic, witty

   True        False

5. decant → clumsy, awkward, tactless

   True        False