5 Written Questions

1. decorate
2. expensive and stylish
3. requiring strict obedience to an authority, such as a dictator
4. pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence
5. weighed down; burdened

5 Matching Questions

1. zest
2. vociferation
3. decadence
4. muddle
5. exalt

1. a mix up or confuse
2. b great enjoyment of; excitement
3. c praise, glorify, or honor
4. d decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
5. e a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
   1. exalt
   2. creed
   3. zest
   4. fervent
2. the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
   1. asceticism
   2. zest
   3. bourgeois
   4. garnish
3. treat with disdain or contempt; slight
   1. zest
   2. snub
   3. swanky
   4. exalt
4. A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group
   1. cumbered
   2. coup d'etat
   3. bourgeois
   4. muddle
5. given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; an activist
   1. exalt
   2. militant
   3. benignant
   4. fervent

5 True/False Questions

1. obscurity → treat with disdain or contempt; slight

   True        False

2. creed → great enjoyment of; excitement

   True        False

3. meager → expensive and stylish

   True        False

4. bourgeois → middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional

   True        False

5. diminutive → given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; an activist

   True        False