Answer in two or three sentences.

How would a club's esprit de corps be affected if its president were a martinet?

In the blank, insert the most appropriate word or expression.

Sherlock Holmes collaborated on the case with his _____ Dr. Watson.

In the blank, insert the most appropriate word or expression.

My little sister has such a sweet tooth that our parents had to restrict her to one _______ after each meal.

In the blank, insert the most appropriate word or expression.

Before 1789 , a French nobleman could have an enemy imprisoned without trial by obtaining a(n) ______

Answer in two or three sentences.

Why do so many émigrés from totalitarian regimes seek to settle in our country? Give two important reasons.

In the blank, insert the most appropriate word or expression.

April is a mimic ______ ; none of us can outdo her impersonations.

In the blank, insert the most appropriate word or expression. . The cuts on Ralph's face show that he is _____ in the use of his razor.

Write the letter of the expression that best completes the analogy.

Passe is to a la mode as apropos is to ________

a. appropriate b. stylish c. outmoded d. irrelevant e. pertinent

In the blank, insert the most appropriate word or expression.

Some card tricks require complex _______

Express the thought of each sentence below in no more than four words.

We arranged an appointment to meet at a fixed time and place.

Complete the sentence by inserting the correct word or expression from the vocabulary list below.

$$\begin{array}{lll} & \text { VOCABULARY LIST } & \\ \text { coiffure } & \text { charge d'affaires } & \text { regime } \\ \text { au courant } & \text { piece de resistance } & \text { raison d'etre } \\ \text { envoy } & \text { eclat } & \text { avant-garde } \\ \text { genre } & \text { bagatelle } & \text { nouveaux riches } \\ \text { laissez-faire } & \text { facade } & \text { souvenir }\end{array}$$

What ______ (style of arranging the hair) is most in vogue today?

Fill in the missing letters.

No further progress is possible. The situation is a(n) _ _ pass _

In each blank, insert the most appropriate word or expression.

Despite seventeen hours of continuous deliberations, the weary negotiators still faced a(n) ______ over wages.

In the space provided, write the letter of the choice that correctly defines the italicized word or expression.

_____ sudden demarche

a. detente b. reversal c. entree d. discovery e. aggression