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5 Written Questions

1. (adj) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's)
2. (n) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified syn: furor, hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium
3. (n) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, amnner, etc,: facial appearance, mien syn: conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage
4. (adj) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending syn: (adj) prodigal, improvident; (n) spendthrift
5. (v) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate syn: foil, baffle

5 Matching Questions

1. cloy
2. adamant
3. deference
4. mawkish
5. definitive

1. a (n) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior syn: respect, consideration, courtesy
2. b (adj) excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor syn: sentimentalized, maudlin, mushy, nauseating
3. c (adj) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implaceable, inflexible; (n).an extremely hard substance
4. d (adj) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done syn: exhaustible, authoritative
5. e (v) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, sufeit

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (n) a vague sense of approaching misfortune syn: foreboding, premonition, hunch
   1. remit
   2. definitive
   3. requisite
   4. presentiment
2. (adj) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood syn: baffling, mysterious, inexplicable
   1. curtail
   2. enigmatic
   3. choleric
   4. adamant
3. (n) something that is heavy or burden (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame syn: burden, obligation, duty, stigma
   1. remit
   2. onus
   3. cloy
   4. mollify
4. (v) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce syn: limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract
   1. remit
   2. curtail
   3. sartorial
   4. bulwark
5. (adj) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable syn: required, obligatory, incumbent
   1. definitive
   2. requisite
   3. remit
   4. profligate

5 True/False Question

1. choleric → (adj) easily made angry, bad-tempered syn: irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious
   

   True        False

2. remit → (v) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen. diminsh; to put off, postpone, defer syn:pay, absolve. subside, abate
   

   True        False

3. bulwark → (v) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate syn: foil, baffle
   

   True        False

4. mollify → (adj) excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor syn: sentimentalized, maudlin, mushy, nauseating
   

   True        False

5. impromptu → (adj, adv) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n) an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation syn:(adj) spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed
   

   True        False