Vocab Unit 5

5 Written Questions

1. dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force.
2. benificial, helpful; healthful, wholesome.
3. extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical.
4. bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm.
5. a rule of conduct or action

5 Matching Questions

1. extricate
2. flout
3. unwieldy
4. axiomatic
5. caveat

1. a not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity.
2. b to mock, treat with contempt.
3. c a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior.
4. d self evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule.
5. e to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal.
   1. filch
   2. scourge
   3. sepulchral
   4. salutary
2. self-government, political control.
   1. amnesty
   2. scourge
   3. autonomy
   4. salutary
3. tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable.
   1. fractious
   2. transient
   3. precept
   4. flout
4. a general pardon for an offense against a government in general, any act for forgiveness or absolution.
   1. salutary
   2. amnesty
   3. unwieldy
   4. caveat
5. to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts.
   1. unwieldy
   2. vapid
   3. flout
   4. filch

5 True/False Questions

1. equitable → fair, just, embodying principles of justice.

   True        False

2. scourge → to whip, punish severely; a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism.

   True        False

3. soporific → self evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule.

   True        False

4. blazon → to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim wildly.

   True        False

5. transient → tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable.

   True        False