5 Written Questions

1. (v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere (syn.) venerate, bless (ant.) desecrate, defile, profane
2. (n.) a strong attraction or inclination (syn.) proclivity, propensity, predilection (ant.) disinclination, aversion
3. (adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive (syn.) fertile, teeming, prolific (ant.) infertile, barren, unproductive
4. (v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring (syn.) impair, cripple, paralyze (ant.) invigorate, strengthen, buttress
5. (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify (syn.) eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

5 Matching Questions

1. ignominy
2. depraved
3. mundane
4. nuance
5. garner

1. a (adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary (syn.) prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary (ant.) heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental
2. b (v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use (syn.) collect, accumulate, accrue (ant.) scatter, squander, waste, dissipate
3. c (n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference (syn.) shade, nicety, refinement
4. d (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles (syn.) perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt (ant.) moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted
5. e (n.) shame and disgrace (syn.) dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium (ant.) honor, glory, acclaim

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially (syn.) depict, picture, render
   1. fiat
   2. delineate
   3. enervate
   4. mundane
2. (adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged (syn.) putative, reputable, supposed (ant.) proven, corroborated, authenticated
   1. fecund
   2. depraved
   3. esoteric
   4. reputed
3. (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) (syn.) keenness, acuteness (ant.) dullness, obtuseness
   1. fiat
   2. fecund
   3. garner
   4. acuity
4. (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret (syn.) occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite (ant.) accessible, comprehensible, intelligible
   1. reputed
   2. garner
   3. esoteric
   4. enervate
5. (adj.) costly, rich, magnificent (syn.) lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid (ant.) skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan
   1. sumputous
   2. fiat
   3. reputed
   4. ubiquitous

5 True/False Questions

1. overweening → (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret (syn.) occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite (ant.) accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

   True        False

2. sophistry → (n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy (syn.) specious reasoning

   True        False

3. figment → (n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion (syn.) creation, invention, fancy

   True        False

4. fiat → (n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion (syn.) creation, invention, fancy

   True        False

5. ubiquitous → (adj.) costly, rich, magnificent (syn.) lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid (ant.) skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan

   True        False