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3. vacillating                                            c. noisy


    4. obsequious                                             d. poisonous

    5. querulous                                              e. highhanded

    6. obstreperous                                           f. sad


    7. innocuous                                              g. nagging; complaining

    8. cadaverous                                             h. harmless

    9. dolorous                                               i. soothing


  10. noxious                                                 j. constantly changing one’s mind




  V—more matching



    1. condolence                                             a. a rising into the air

    2. decadent                                               b. harsh sound

    3. levity                                                 c. powerlessness


    4. levitation                                             d. a return to life in a new form

    5. surreptitious                                          e. devouring all; eating everything

    6. cacophony                                              f. expression of sympathy


    7. reincarnation                                          g. cowlike; phlegmatic; stolid

    8. omnivorous                                             h. morally deteriorating

    9. impotence                                              i. joking


  10. bovine                                                  j. stealthy; secret




  VI—recall a word


   1. lionlike
    1. L__________________

   2. doglike
    2. C__________________

   3. catlike
    3. F__________________
   4. piglike
    4. P__________________

   5. foxlike
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