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5 Written Questions

1. n. the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc. syn: commencement, inauguration, outset
2. v. to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
3. n. large-scale slaughter or loss of life syn: butchery, bloodbath, massarce
4. adj. willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be responsible syn: agreeable, compliant, docile
5. n. a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.) syn: affliction, malady, defect

5 Matching Questions

1. turgid
2. sadistic
3. berate
4. credulous
5. precocious

1. a adj. too ready to believe, easily deceived syn: gullible
2. b v. to scold sharply syn: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand
3. c adj. swollen, bloated, filled ot excess; overdecorated or excessive in language syn: inflated, pompus, bombastic, overblown
4. d adj. delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel syn: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish
5. e adj. showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity) syn: forward, gifted, advanced

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. n. a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation syn: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon
   1. inception
   2. credulous
   3. criterion
   4. precocious
2. adj. self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy syn: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic
   1. extraneous
   2. inception
   3. sententious
   4. tortuous
3. adj. stubborn, unyielding syn: obstinate, adamant
   1. berate
   2. expatiate
   3. jejune
   4. obdurate
4. adj. lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile syn: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish
   1. deplete
   2. berate
   3. carnage
   4. jejune
5. v. to expand on, write or talk to length or in detail; to move about freely syn: elaborate, enlarge, deseant, wander, roam
   1. deplete
   2. expatiate
   3. supplicate
   4. berate

5 True/False Question

1. surfeit → adj. swollen, bloated, filled ot excess; overdecorated or excessive in language syn: inflated, pompus, bombastic, overblown
   

   True        False

2. tortuous → adj. too ready to believe, easily deceived syn: gullible
   

   True        False

3. supplicate → v. to beg earnestly and humbly syn: plead, petition, implore, entreat
   

   True        False

4. potpourri → adj. winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious syn: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine
   

   True        False

5. extraneous → adj. winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious syn: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine
   

   True        False