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5 Written Questions

1. complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection
2. to imprison, confine, jail
3. ridiculous, laughable, absurd
4. a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
5. contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

5 Matching Questions

1. nettle
2. concord
3. frenetic
4. jocular
5. mordant

1. a a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
2. b biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
3. c frenzied, highly agitated
4. d humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
5. e a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
   1. grouse
   2. glean
   3. flotsam
   4. mordant
2. in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
   1. incumbent
   2. mordant
   3. pecuniary
   4. recumbent
3. consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
   1. recumbent
   2. concord
   3. pecuniary
   4. jocular
4. the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away
   1. mordant
   2. bastion
   3. grouse
   4. atrophy
5. a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble
   1. nettle
   2. grouse
   3. atrophy
   4. flotsam

5 True/False Question

1. incumbent → in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
   

   True        False

2. bastion → a fortified place, stronghold
   

   True        False

3. exigency → urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
   

   True        False

4. disarray → floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
   

   True        False

5. flotsam → a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble
   

   True        False