5 Written Questions

1. (adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
2. v. to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
3. n. weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
4. n. a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
5. v. to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

5 Matching Questions

1. decadence
2. transient
3. cajole
4. extricate
5. repudiate

1. a (v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
2. b (adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time
3. c n. decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-induldgence
4. d (v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
5. e (v.) to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v.) to mock, treat with contempt
   1. flout
   2. callow
   3. aplomb
   4. occult
2. (adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful
   1. flout
   2. vicarious
   3. querulous
   4. unctuous
3. (v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
   1. commiserate
   2. ameliorate
   3. repudiate
   4. reverberate
4. v. to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
   1. inveigh
   2. caveat
   3. insurgent
   4. intristic
5. (v.) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute
   1. aura
   2. scourge
   3. ascribe
   4. assuage

5 True/False Questions

1. transcend → (adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time

   True        False

2. sangfroid → (n.) composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

   True        False

3. brusque → (adj.) extremely strange, unusual, atypical

   True        False

4. noncommittal → (v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

   True        False

5. infer → (v.) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

   True        False