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5 Written Questions

1. To gain favor deliberately as so to gain oneself an advantage
2. Lacking sensibility or depth of understanding; naive, foolish
3. Disrespectful in a gentle or humorous way
4. To bury
5. Commanding, demanding; urgent

5 Matching Questions

1. intransigent
2. interregnum
3. inveterate
4. intrepid
5. insolent

1. a Uncompromising; unyielding; refusing to abandon an extreme position
2. b Firmly established, esp. with respect to a habit or attitude
3. c Insultingly arrogant; overbearing
4. d A temporary halt of the typical operations of government or control
5. e Fearless; extremely brave

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Easily agitated or angered; hot-tempered
   1. intractable
   2. irascible
   3. ignoble
   4. impassive
2. Characteristic of an isolated, remote people, esp. with a narrow viewpoint
   1. ignoble
   2. insular
   3. inter
   4. insolent
3. To cover with a flood; to overwhelm with a flood
   1. insensate
   2. inundate
   3. ignoble
   4. inter
4. A subtle, indirect hint
   1. ingratiate
   2. inundate
   3. intrepid
   4. intimation
5. Lacking or having low moral standards; not noble in character
   1. imbibe
   2. ironic
   3. insular
   4. ignoble

5 True/False Question

1. inherent → Insultingly arrogant; overbearing
   

   True        False

2. insuperable → Firmly established, esp. with respect to a habit or attitude
   

   True        False

3. ironic → Contrary or opposite of what was expected
   

   True        False

4. interlocutor → One who participates in discussion
   

   True        False

5. imbibe → To take into the mind; absorb
   

   True        False