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5. is the mother-ruler of a family tribe, or              e. lecher

  nation


    6. has an irresistable urge to steal                      f. tyro

    7. is excessively patriotic                               g. virtuoso

    8. is a loud-mouthed woman                                h. termagant


    9. is a beginner                                          i. matriarch

  10. is a dabbler                                            j. kleptomaniac




  V—more matching



    1. does not know whether or not God exists a. dipsomaniac

    2. is a criminal                                          b. pyromaniac


    3. is a connoisseur of good food                          c. agnostic

    4. sets fires for revenge                                 d. hypochondriac

    5. meets adversity or pain without flinching e. gourmet


    6. walks in his sleep                                     f. stoic

    7. is obsessively addicted to drink                       g. malefactor

    8. has imaginary ailments                                 h. somnambulist


    9. compulsively sets fires                                i. nymphomaniac

  10. is a woman who is sexually insatiable                   j. incendiary




  VI—recall a word


   1. to make unnecessary

    1. O__________________
   2. to flatter fulsomely

    2. A__________________
   3. to spread slander about
    3. M__________________
   4. economical in speech

    4. L__________________
   5. trite and hackneyed

    5. B__________________
   6. word for word
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