5 Written Questions

1. [n] the use of clever but dishonest behaviour in order to trick people; to deceit
2. 1. having almost no taste or flavour 2. not interesting or exciting (dull)
3. impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
4. [v, -]: to do what sb wants, or try to please them, especially when this is not acceptable or reasonable: The speech was _ing to racial prejudice.
5. outgoing, sociable

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 1. to make sth start or happen, usually sth official (to bring sth about) 2. to cause sth bad to happen (syn: foment)
   1. guile
   2. insipid
   3. instigate
   4. agitate
2. 1. to argue strongly for sth you want, especially for changes in a law, in social conditions, etc. 2. [vn] to make sb feel angry, anxious or nervous 3. to make sth, esp a liquid, move around by stirring or shaking it
   1. agitate
   2. guile
   3. kindle
   4. instigate
3. not easily upset or worried by a difficult situation; calm
   1. impervious
   2. imperturbable
   3. instigate
   4. agitate
4. [vn]: to create trouble or violence or make it worse; They accused him of _ing political unrest. SYN: incite; arouse
   1. pander
   2. foment
   3. fawn
   4. grovel
5. 
   1. to start burning; to make a fire start burning: 2. to make sth such as an interest, emotion, etc. start to grow in sb; to start to be felt by sb:
   1. kindle
   2. agitate
   3. pander
   4. guile

5 True/False Question

1. intransigent → 1. to make sth start or happen, usually sth official (to bring sth about) 2. to cause sth bad to happen (syn: foment)
   

   True        False

2. fawn → [vn]: to create trouble or violence or make it worse; They accused him of _ing political unrest. SYN: incite; arouse
   

   True        False

3. grovel →
   [+adv. / prep.] to move along the ground on your hands and knees, especially because you are looking for sth; [v, -]: (disapproving) to behave in a very humble way towards sb who is more important than you or who can give you sth you want
   

   True        False

4. garrulous → impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
   

   True        False

5. iconoclast → a person who criticizes popular beliefs or established customs and ideas
   

   True        False