5 Written Questions

1. (n.) light and playful conversation
2. (adj.) fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura
3. (adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
4. (n.) the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything
5. (n.) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

5 Matching Questions

1. tyro
2. peregrination
3. dilettante
4. countermand
5. forgo

1. a (v.) to go without, abstain from, give up
2. b (n.) the act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country
3. c (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
4. d (n.) a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill
5. e (n.) a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way; (adj.) superficial

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v.) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
   1. reconnoiter
   2. conciliate
   3. recant
   4. redolent
2. (adj.) overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
   1. ebullient
   2. rudiments
   3. ambient
   4. refulgent
3. (v.) to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan
   1. tyro
   2. winnow
   3. inure
   4. forgo
4. (adj.) dying, on the way out
   1. rebuff
   2. macabre
   3. moribund
   4. portend
5. (v.) to make thin or slender, to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
   1. calumniate
   2. abrogate
   3. saturnine
   4. attenuate

5 True/False Question

1. juggernaut → (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
   

   True        False

2. refulgent → (adj.) shining, radiant, resplendent
   

   True        False

3. cabal → (n.) a small group working in secret
   

   True        False

4. portend → (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
   

   True        False

5. macabre → (n.) a small group working in secret
   

   True        False