5 Written Questions

1. What hurt my feelings was not so much his refusal to give me a job as the ______ way in which he told me that he had nothing for me.
2. I welcome honest criticism, but I deeply resented their _____ on my sincerity and good faith.
3. He may have kept within the letter of the law, but there is no doubt that he has ______ the accepted moral code.
4. Although the _____ were defeated by the government's forces, a small group escaped into the mountains, where they kept the spirit of rebellion alive.
5. Can you imagine anything as _____ as a successful drama coach who has never acted on the stage?

5 Matching Questions

1. Insurgent
2. ennui
3. Disabuse
4. demagogue
5. Demogogue

1. a Although she is well into middle age, my aunt Sally seems unable to ______ herself of the idea that she is still a teenager.
2. b His endless talk about himself and his interests is truly unexcelled for producing _____ in others.
3. c The speaker's blatant appeal to the emotions of the crowd smacked more of the _____ than the true leader of the people.
4. d A favorite ploy of the ______ is to appoint a convenient scapegoat upon whom a misguided populace can vent its anger.
5. e A(n) ______ group at the convention refused to accept the choices of the regular party leaders.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The institutions of our society, far from being ______, are in the process of change at this very moment.
   1. Disabuse
   2. Immutable
   3. Brusque
   4. Insurgent
2. With the innumerable activities open to a young person like you, I can't understand why you should suffer from ______.
   1. Ennui
   2. Brusque
   3. Contrive
   4. Heinous
3. The task of education, said the speaker, is to ______ the primitive selfishness of the child into socially useful modes of behavior.
   1. Transmute
   2. Transgressed
   3. Sinecure
   4. Brusque
4. Is there any other crime in history as _____ as the attempt of the Nazis to annihilate so called "inferior" racial groups?
   1. Disabuse
   2. Fetters
   3. heinous
   4. Ennui
5. Although her new position bore a high-sounding title, it was really little more than a(n) ______.
   1. Bizarre
   2. Sinecure
   3. Disabuse
   4. Ennui

5 True/False Questions

1. sinecure → Anyone who refers to my job as a(n) _____ should spend just one day in my place!

   True        False

2. Heinous → With the innumerable activities open to a young person like you, I can't understand why you should suffer from ______.

   True        False

3. immutable → Although she is well into middle age, my aunt Sally seems unable to ______ herself of the idea that she is still a teenager.

   True        False

4. transmute → The alchemists of the Middle Ages, who were both skilled magicians and primitive chemists, hoped to _____ base metals into gold.

   True        False

5. Vicariously → Her description of the Western frontier was so vivid that I seemed to be ______ experiencing the realities of prisoner life.

   True        False