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Three Dimensions: Lessons 1&2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

minor character flaw the suggests a human weakness

a)

fortnight

b)

foible

c)

axiom

d)

fickle

2.
a)

catharsis

b)

chagrin

c)

foible

d)

fortnight

3.

Gypsy Rose Lee, for example.

a)

foible

b)

ecdysiast

c)

grotesque

d)

dotage

4.

bizarre, incongruous, departing from normal

a)

grotesque

b)

dotage

c)

fulminate

d)

fickle

5.

As in Romeo, capricious

a)

foible

b)

fickle

c)

chagrin

d)

catharsis

6.
a)

specious

b)

expurgate

c)

catharsis

d)

fulminate

7.

to be foolish, especially in old age

a)

dotage

b)

fulminate

c)

fickle

d)

foible

8.

censorship, for example

a)

fulminate

b)

palliate

c)

expurgate

d)

assuage

9.

Beware of _________ promises made by politicians looking for votes.

a)

specious

b)

grotesque

c)

fickle

d)

holocaust

10.
a)

foible

b)

fortnight

c)

expurgate

d)

ostracize

11.
a)

holocaust

b)

palliate

c)

assuage

d)

ennui

12.
a)

ennui

b)

foible

c)

fulminate

d)

catharsis

13.
a)

caveat

b)

assuage

c)

vacillate

d)

ennui

14.

All of the following are considered accurate synonyms for chagrin, except:

a)

embarrasment

b)

humiliation

c)

disappointment

d)

confidence

15.

A cleansing that brings about a relief from tension or stress.

a)

catharsis

b)

ennui

c)

caveat

d)

palliate

16.

warning or caution

a)

caveat

b)

foible

c)

assuage

d)

caprice

17.

Synonym for fickle

a)

palliate

b)

caveat

c)

holocaust

d)

caprice

18.

to cover with apoligies

a)

caveat

b)

palliate

c)

caprice

d)

vacilliate

19.

to ease a person's pain

a)

ennui

b)

assuage

c)

chagrin

d)

axiom

20.

a self-evident truth

a)

axiom

b)

chagrin

c)

foible

d)

fortnight