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5 Written Questions

1. (v) To present evidence in support of: back (up), buttress, substantiate
2. (n) One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules
3. (adj) Having or showing courage: bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, game, hardy, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, stout, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous
4. (adj) Easily imposed on or tricked: credulous, dupable, easy, exploitable, naive, susceptible
5. (adj) All of the same or similar kind or nature

5 Matching Questions

1. vacillate
2. volatile
3. loquacious
4. capricious
5. mitigate

1. a (v) To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall: oscillate, sway, teeter, totter, waver, weave, wobble
2. b (adj) Following no predictable pattern: capricious, changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, whimsical
3. c (adj) Given to conversation: chatty, conversational, garrulous, talkative, talky, voluble
4. d (adj) Following no predictable pattern: changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile, whimsical
5. e (v) To make less severe or more bearable: allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, palliate, relieve

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (adj) Lasting or existing only for a short time: evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory
   1. pedant
   2. engender
   3. ephemeral
   4. adulterate
2. (adj) Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, compendious, concise, lean, short, succinct, summary, terse
   1. laudable
   2. pedant
   3. abstain
   4. laconic
3. (v) To hold oneself back: forbear, hold off, keep, refrain, withhold
   1. apathy
   2. abstain
   3. laconic
   4. pedant
4. (adj) Deserving honor, respect, or admiration: admirable, commendable, creditable, deserving, estimable, exemplary, honorable, meritorious, praiseworthy, reputable, respectable, worthy
   1. laudable
   2. apathy
   3. volatile
   4. gullible
5. (v) To make or become free of moisture: dehydrate, dry (out), exsiccate, parch
   1. vacillate
   2. desiccate
   3. adulterate
   4. mitigate

5 True/False Question

1. adulterate → (v) To make or become free of moisture: dehydrate, dry (out), exsiccate, parch
   

   True        False

2. pragmatic → (adj) Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are: down-to-earth, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, objective, practical, pragmatical, prosaic, realistic, sober, tough-minded, unromantic
   

   True        False

3. apathy → (v) To hold oneself back: forbear, hold off, keep, refrain, withhold
   

   True        False

4. propriety → (n) One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules
   

   True        False

5. engender → (v) To cause to come into existence: beget, breed, create, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn
   

   True        False