5 Written Questions

1. (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
2. (v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n.) a mire; a state of depression
3. (adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
4. (adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
5. (n.) light and playful conversation

5 Matching Questions

1. exacerbate
2. fatuous
3. arrant
4. irrefutable
5. allege

1. a (adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
2. b (v.) to assert without proof or confirmation
3. c (adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
4. d (v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
5. e (adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
   1. juggernaut
   2. portend
   3. conciliate
   4. countermand
2. (n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
   1. portend
   2. arrant
   3. litany
   4. recant
3. (n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
   1. saturnine
   2. litany
   3. paucity
   4. saturate
4. (n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
   1. allege
   2. recant
   3. echelon
   4. raze
5. (v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
   1. recant
   2. raze
   3. allege
   4. arrant

5 True/False Question

1. saturnine → (v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
   

   True        False

2. juggernaut → (n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
   

   True        False

3. recant → (adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
   

   True        False

4. saturate → (adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
   

   True        False

5. conciliate → (v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
   

   True        False