5 Written Questions

1. boring, monotonous (ermüdend, langweilig)
2. provocative (aufrührerisch)
3. feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; excessively careful; cautious
4. a minor annoyance or inconvenience; a person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience
5. rausfliegen

5 Matching Questions

1. sane
2. obsess over
3. compassion
4. gullibility
5. anectode

1. a a short account of an incident, often humorous; a previously untold, secret account of an incident
2. b eing in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- regarding the mind
3. c impossible to avoid or prevent; predictable, or always happening (Leichtgläubigkeit)
4. d mercy, pity (Mitgefühl)
5. e (besessen sein mit, närrisch verfolgen)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. repeated too often (banal, abgedroschen) zb: abgedroschene Phrase in einem Sermon
   1. deranged
   2. sane
   3. hackneyed
   4. anectode
2. schwülstig, überladen (auch errötet)
   1. be flushed
   2. florid
   3. flushed
   4. ample
3. disturbed or upset, especially mentally; insane
   1. enhance
   2. insane
   3. deranged
   4. ornate
4. from the enemy (feindlich)
   1. ample
   2. hostile
   3. ornate
   4. insane
5. erhöhen, verbessern
   1. enhance
   2. sane
   3. abundance
   4. nuisance

5 True/False Question

1. provocative → serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting (provokant)
   

   True        False

2. superfluity → more than enough, in excess of what is required or sufficient (überflüssig)
   

   True        False

3. fortuitous → lucky, fortunate, 2nd source: happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky chance;
   

   True        False

4. opulent → fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; in great quantity; richly supplied -- followed by in, rarely by with
   

   True        False

5. euphemistic → beschöndigen, euphemisch
   

   True        False