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5 Written Questions

1. resembling the characteristic of a fox
2. fricative: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
3. A treatment that provides symptomatic relief but not a cure.
4. Greek goddess of lust?
5. A bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.

5 Matching Questions

1. ignominiously
2. arabesque
3. recondite
4. paroxysm
5. anorectic

1. a abstruse: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some ___ problem in historiography"
2. b an appetite suppressant
3. c a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a --- of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter"
4. d disgracefully: in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree; "his grades were disgracefully low"
5. e Ornament or surface decoration with intricate curves and flowing lines based on plant forms.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less --- manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
   1. brusque
   2. ennui
   3. fracas
   4. arabesque
2. a long cliff or steep slope, often caused by erosion
   1. mordant
   2. escarpment
   3. interment
   4. redolent
3. A form of SCEPTICISM. This is the belief that nothing exists except my mind and the creations of my mind.
   1. solipsism
   2. simian
   3. voluptas
   4. vulpine
4. blinking!
   1. piratical
   2. simian
   3. fain
   4. nictating
5. Rounded, with length and breadth about the same.
   1. sibilant
   2. fracas
   3. brusque
   4. orbicular

5 True/False Question

1. mordant → sarcastic
   

   True        False

2. obstreperousness → noisily and stubbornly defiant
   

   True        False

3. Imprimis → affray: noisy quarrel
   

   True        False

4. meretricious → like or relating to a prostitute; "--- relationships" brassy: tastelessly showy; "a flashy car"; "garish colors"; gilded: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
   

   True        False

5. comeliest → bonny: very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a --- face"
   

   True        False