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5 Written Questions

1. deserving censure or condemnation
2. make a military sortie
3. of or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world
4. a period of time in history or in a person’s life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics
5. a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society

5 Matching Questions

1. junta
2. pervasive
3. privation
4. specious
5. congener

1. a a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking
2. b a thing or person of the same kind or category as another
3. c (esp. of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people
4. d superficially possible, but actually wrong
5. e a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. by that very fact or act
   1. innominate
   2. insouciance
   3. ipso facto
   4. polity
2. an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
   1. evince
   2. opine
   3. epithet
   4. pathos
3. absolute; unqualified
   1. aggregate
   2. mitigate
   3. unmitigated
   4. inimical
4. denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful
   1. sally
   2. fealty
   3. bastion
   4. halcyon
5. in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop
   1. incipient
   2. milieu
   3. incumbent
   4. denouement

5 True/False Question

1. solipsism → a tendency to lapse into a previous condition or pattern of behavior, esp. a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits
   

   True        False

2. visceral → related to deep inner feelings rather than intellect
   

   True        False

3. pejorative → characterized by the inference of particular instances from a general law
   

   True        False

4. denouement → [on, upon] necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility; (of an official or regime) currently holding office
   

   True        False

5. pathos → a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory; something that combines contradictory features or qualities
   

   True        False