5 Written Questions

1. exuberance
2. fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner
3. compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
4. arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
5. movies; motion-picture industry

5 Matching Questions

1. surveillance
2. tepid
3. exaggeration
4. despise
5. Occident

1. a overstatement (ant. understatement)
2. b look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior (ant. admire)
3. c moderately warm; lukewarm
4. d west; countries of America and Europe (ant. Orient)
5. e close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v) risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
   (n) bet
   1. inane
   2. wager
   3. gall
   4. wane
2. frustrating; bewildering
   1. gall
   2. baffle
   3. baffling
   4. ebullient
3. (v) struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
   (n) brawl; fight
   1. spurn
   2. scuffle
   3. baffle
   4. baffling
4. urgent recommendation or advice
   1. exhortation
   2. exaggeration
   3. exhort
   4. expertise
5. read; look at fairly attentively; study
   1. peruse
   2. despise
   3. expertise
   4. perusal

5 True/False Questions

1. wane → decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink (ant. wax)

   True        False

2. despicable → worthy of contempt; contemptible (ant. laudable)
   deserving hatred and contempt

   True        False

3. occidental → western (ant. oriental)

   True        False

4. gall → (v) make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
   (n) brazen boldness; nerve (ant. meekness)

   True        False

5. tepidly → moderately warm; lukewarm

   True        False