5 Written Questions

1. (adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
2. (n) slavery; any state of being bound or held down
3. (adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
4. (adj) believable
5. (v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

5 Matching Questions

1. incessant
2. posthumous
3. atone
4. defray
5. tenacious

1. a (adj) occuring or published after death
2. b (adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
3. c (v) to make up for
4. d (adj) never stopping, going on all the time
5. e (v) to pay for

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (adj) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
   1. hamper
   2. impoverished
   3. credible
   4. incessant
2. (v) to take the place of, supersede
   1. incessant
   2. supplant
   3. taunt
   4. diligent
3. (v) to hold back
   1. hew
   2. hamper
   3. ghastly
   4. taunt
4. (adj) sad; dreary
   1. lucid
   2. doleful
   3. hew
   4. defray
5. (adj) complicated; difficult to understand
   1. intricate
   2. taunt
   3. incessant
   4. bondage

5 True/False Questions

1. sardonic → (adj) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

   True        False

2. taunt → (v) to jeer at, mock; (n) an insulting or mocking remark

   True        False

3. prim → (adj) overly neat, precise, proper, or format; prudish

   True        False

4. diligent → (adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy

   True        False

5. ghastly → (adj) frightful, horrible; deathly pale

   True        False