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5 Written Questions

1. tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired
2. difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky
3. narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes
4. work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum ~: masterpiece; CF. opera
5. (polemic) aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious (rather than simply expressing opinions)

5 Matching Questions

1. obelisk
2. compulsive
3. affidavit
4. prodigy
5. deprecate

1. a resulting from compulsion
2. b written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)
3. c express disapproval of; deplore; protest against; belittle; ADJ. ~ory
4. d highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder
5. e tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's ~ pursuit of Jean Valjean
   1. accede
   2. dogged
   3. hovel
   4. diadem
2. (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. ~ disaster
   1. unmitigated
   2. graphite
   3. testator
   4. smother
3. look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex. old men ~ing young girls; stare at in a lecherous manner : he was ogling her breasts | [ intrans. ] men who had turned up to ~.
   1. raze
   2. dogged
   3. ogle
   4. wilt
4. trinket; cheap jewel; trifle
   1. carnage
   2. bauble
   3. pliable
   4. caucus
5. exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. ~ic: of ~; of a ~a
   1. hyperbole
   2. pore
   3. interpolate
   4. hypnosis

5 True/False Question

1. denouement → [note pronounciation] final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained; • the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear : I waited by the eighteenth green to see the ~.
   

   True        False

2. peripatetic → concerning alchemy or magic; obscure and mysterious; occult
   

   True        False

3. tangential → pertaining to spring; the ~ freshness of the land.
   

   True        False

4. pliable → flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable
   

   True        False

5. hypnosis → induced sleeping state; ADJ. hypnotic; V. hypnotize
   

   True        False