5 Written Questions

1. adj: exhausted; lacking vitality; lethargic; weary; marked by self-indulgence; triviality or decadence.
2. n: exaltation of divine rank or stature; deification; elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification; an exalted or glorified example (the apotheosis of courage).
3. n: an agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another.
4. v: to command or urge solemnly and earnestly; to entreat.
5. v : to make slender, fine, or small (the drought attenuated the men); to reduce in force, value, degree, or amount; weaken (the medicine attenuated the fever's effect) (attenuating – adj)

5 Matching Questions

1. Effulgent
2. interloper
3. cataclysm
4. fissure
5. approbate

1. a n: a violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change, a devastating flood (cataclysmic is the adj).
2. b n: a long narrow opening; a crack or cleft; the process of splitting or separating; a division; a schism.
3. c adj.- shining brilliantly; resplendent; bright
4. d n: an expression of warm approval; praise; official approval.
5. e n: one who interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler; one who intrudes in a place, situation, or activity.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. n : (pronounced pee-an) a song of joyful praise or exultation; a fervent expression of joy or phrase (the art was a paean to paganism)
   1. foment
   2. paean to
   3. cogent
   4. treatise
2. n : an organism consisting of two or more tissues of different genetic compositions, produced as a result of transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering n : in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing she-monster usually represented as a composite of a lion, goat, and serpent; a fanciful mental illusion or fabrication
   1. inure
   2. chagrin
   3. chimera
   4. fodder
3. n: self-confident assurance; composure; ease.
   1. alcove
   2. lope
   3. argot
   4. aplomb
4. v: to dry out; to preserve (as in foods) by removing the moisture.
   1. extirpate
   2. palliate
   3. desiccate
   4. fusillade
5. adj: relating to the Byzantine Empire or the Eastern Orthodox Church.
   1. cogent
   2. Byzantine
   3. restive
   4. arrant

5 True/False Question

1. inception → n: the beginning of something, such as an undertaking; a commencement.
   

   True        False

2. dither → v- to perceive something obscure or concealed; to detect; to discriminate
   

   True        False

3. prescience → adj: inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious; abusing or appealing to an inordinate interest in sex (prurience is the n).
   

   True        False

4. progeny → n : one bord of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant; a scion; a result of a creative effort; a product
   

   True        False

5. fetid → n: an object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially one associated with animistic or shamanistic religious practices; an object or unreasonably excessive attention or reverence; an abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.
   

   True        False