5 Written Questions

1. (v.) to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort
2. (adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
3. (n.) self-government, political control
4. (adj.) fair, just, embodying principles of justice
5. (v.) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

5 Matching Questions

1. vapid
2. soporific
3. sepulchral
4. scourge
5. fractious

1. a (adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep
2. b (adj.) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
3. c (v.) to whip, punish severely; (n.) A cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
4. d (adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
5. e (adj.) funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v.) to mock, treat with contempt
   1. caveat
   2. filch
   3. flout
   4. blazon
2. (v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely
   1. scathing
   2. flout
   3. vapid
   4. blazon
3. (adj.) not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
   1. vapid
   2. filch
   3. unwieldy
   4. amnesty
4. (n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
   1. vapid
   2. flout
   3. caveat
   4. precept
5. (adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time
   1. scathing
   2. caveat
   3. precept
   4. transient

5 True/False Questions

1. precept → (n.) a rule of conduct or action

   True        False

2. amnesty → (n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

   True        False

3. axiomatic → (adj.) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule

   True        False

4. scathing → (adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm

   True        False

5. straitlaced → (adj.) extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical

   True        False