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5 Written Questions

1. flexible; easily influenced
2. fond of books and reading
3. treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs
4. sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool
5. represent (an inanimate object) as a person; be the embodiment or perfect example of; Ex. She is evil/patience personified; N. -ication

5 Matching Questions

1. musky
2. metamorphosis
3. aesthetic
4. deterrent
5. paleontology

1. a something that discourages or deters
2. b study of prehistoric life or fossils; CF. paleo-: ancient or prehistoric; Ex. paleography: study of ancient written documents
3. c change of form; Ex. metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly; V. metamorphose: change by metamorphosis
4. d artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics
5. e having the odor of musk; N. musk: odorous substance secreted by an Asian deer

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. agreeable; pleasing to the taste
   1. palpable
   2. manacle
   3. implacable
   4. palatable
2. childish; immature; CF. puer: boy
   1. pudding
   2. depose
   3. averse
   4. puerile
3. plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy
   1. blight
   2. flighty
   3. frigid
   4. brim
4. expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant
   1. circumvent
   2. pliant
   3. significant
   4. intimidate
5. restrain; handcuff; N.
   1. manacle
   2. disclose
   3. venue
   4. coddle

5 True/False Question

1. regimen → forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence
   

   True        False

2. contrite → approach; tend to meet; come together
   

   True        False

3. weary → ambush; lie in wait for and attack
   

   True        False

4. cohabit → aqueduct; passageway for fluids
   

   True        False

5. functionary → man who is courting a woman
   

   True        False