5 Written Questions

1. (n.) a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection
2. (v.) to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
3. (adj.) showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
4. (adj.) elaborately decorated; showily splendid
5. (n.) a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

5 Matching Questions

1. bolster
2. deplore
3. prone
4. peruse
5. porous

1. a (v.) to support, give a boost to; (n.) a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post
2. b (v.) to read thoroughly and carefully
3. c (adj.) lying face down; inclined, likely
4. d adj. full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water
5. e (v.) to feel or express regret or disapproval

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (adj.) serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct
   1. blase
   2. staid
   3. qualm
   4. sustain
2. (v.) to remove, drive out of a position or place
   1. muster
   2. peruse
   3. oust
   4. obsess
3. indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic
   1. prone
   2. ornate
   3. staid
   4. blase
4. (n.) a high point of land extending into water
   1. promontory
   2. muster
   3. prone
   4. porous
5. (v.) To bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; (n.) a list of men for military service; a gathering, accumulation
   1. bolster
   2. sustain
   3. muster
   4. oust

5 True/False Questions

1. frivolous → (adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

   True        False

2. nonenity → (adj.) elaborately decorated; showily splendid

   True        False

3. obsess → (v.) to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

   True        False

4. qualm → (v.) to remove, drive out of a position or place

   True        False

5. annul → (v.) to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

   True        False