5 Written Questions

1. DISARRAY
2. CONSUMMATE
3. CONCORD
4. LUDICROUS
5. INCARCERATE (incarcerated)

5 Matching Questions

1. I regret that Nancy was _____________ by my unfavorable review of her short story, but I had to express my opinion honestly.
2. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens is a disillusioned misanthrope who spends his time hurling _____________ barbs at the rest of mankind.
3. It has been said that the only way to handle a _____________, or any difficult problem, without being stung is to grasp it firmly and decisively.
4. Synonym: floating wreckage
5. Antonyms: disagreement, strife, discord

1. a CONCORD
2. b NETTLE (nettled)
3. c MORDANT
4. d NETTLE
5. e FLOTSAM

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. GLEAN
   1. Before the ceremony began, we all bowed our heads and prayed for unity, peace and _____________ among all nations.
   2. It was pleasant to see the usually quiet and restrained Mr. Baxter in such a _____________ and expansive mood.
   3. Peace is not just the absence of war but a positive state of _____________ among the nations of the world.
   4. Though next to nothing is known about Homer, historians have been able to _____________ a few odd facts about him from studying his work.
2. GROUSE
   1. Synonyms: collect, cull, pick up
   2. Synonyms: monetary, financial
   3. Synonyms: gripe, kvetch, bellyache
   4. Synonym: floating wreckage
3. RECUMBENT
   1. The _____________ that we observed here and there in the harbor bore mute testimony to the destructive power of the storm.
   2. As soon as he struck the opening chords of the selection, we realized that we were listening to a _____________ master of the piano.
   3. Comfortably _____________ in the shade of the elm tree, I watched the members of the football team go through a long, hard workout.
   4. The purpose of our _____________ was to draw in the safety so that Tom could get behind him to receive a long pass.
4. MORDANT
   1. I noticed with approval that his _____________ remarks were intended to deflate the pompous and unmask the hypocritical.
   2. Do you really think that those _____________ remarks are appropriate on such a solemn occasion?
   3. In Victorian times, fashionable ladies _____________ their waists in tight corsets to achieve a chic "hourglass" figure.
   4. The defeated army fled in such _____________ that before long it had become little more than a uniformed mob.
5. ATROPHY
   1. There are few things in life as _____________ as an unqualified person trying to assume the trappings of authority.
   2. Almost every case of muscle or tissue _____________ is the result of disease, prolonged disuse, or changes in cell nutrition.
   3. The affairs of our city are in such _____________ that the state may have to intervene to restore some semblance of order.
   4. I have yet to meet an adult who did not _____________ about the taxes he or she had to pay.

5 True/False Questions

1. To feel fear in difficult situations in natural, but to allow one's conduct to be governed by fear is _____________. → PUSILLANIMOUS

   True        False

2. The high ground east of the river formed a natural _____________, which we decided to defend with all the forces at our disposal. → NETTLE

   True        False

3. Synonyms: ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge → GLEAN

   True        False

4. All that I needed to _____________ the most important deal of my career was her signature on the dotted line. → NETTLE (nettled)

   True        False

5. Synonyms: (adj) masterful; (v) clinch, conclude
   Antonyms: (v) launch, initiate, begin, kick off → DISARRAY

   True        False