5 Written Questions

1. Confined to and understood by only an enlightened circle
   Sy: abstruse; arcane
2. Blasphemous behavior; the act of depraving something of its sacred character
   sy: desecration; blasphemy, violation
3. Complacently foolish; void of intelligence
   sy: mindless; asinine
4. Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy
   sy: abnormal
5. A trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection again evil
   sy: amulet, charm

5 Matching Questions

1. Nettle
2. Abrogate
3. Arraign
4. Dilettante
5. Belabor

1. a To accuse of a wrong or inadequacy
   sy: accuse; charge
2. b To goad or provoke as by constant criticism; to cause annoyance
   sy: annoy, bother, chafe
3. c To attack verbally with harsh criticism, to harp on, to attack with blows
   sy: beat, dwell, berate
4. d To formally revoke
   sy: abolish, repeal
5. e An admirer or lover of the arts; a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge.
   sy: amateur

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A protective glove; challenge to combat
   sy: armor, challenge
   1. Nettle
   2. Inane
   3. Gauntlet
   4. Alcove
2. To solidify, firm, or strengthen
   sy: actualize, affirm, support
   1. Substantiate
   2. Postulate
   3. Surrogate
   4. Abrogate
3. To cause to accept or to become hardened to; habituate
   sy: accustom; prepare for
   1. Nettle
   2. Inane
   3. Macabre
   4. Inure
4. an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
   sy:adversity, hardship
   1. Macabre
   2. Inane
   3. Nadir
   4. Inure
5. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
   sy: ghastly, grim
   1. Belabor
   2. Macabre
   3. Nadir
   4. Inure

5 True/False Questions

1. Claimant → a prayer consisting of an invocation and response from audience; any long or tedious address or recital
   sy:address, speech, prayer

   True        False

2. Postulate → To maintain or assert; to take as a given
   sy: assert; claim

   True        False

3. Redolent → A statement of fundamentals facts and practices
   sy: Basics

   True        False

4. Declaim → To attack verbally with harsh criticism, to harp on, to attack with blows
   sy: beat, dwell, berate

   True        False

5. Accolade → A conferring of praise; an honor
   sy: award, honor, laurel

   True        False