| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | concept |
| a. precise; meticulous; careful. | ||
| b. a clear or logically formed idea. | ||
| c. to cause to change from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state, esp. by cooling. | ||
| d. driven by an obsession or compulsion. |
| ______ | 2. | conceit |
| a. coercive or constraining. | ||
| b. one who composes, esp. music. | ||
| c. Often,"condolences."expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief. | ||
| d. an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc. |
| ______ | 3. | concoct |
| a. to devise; make up; contrive | ||
| b. (pl.) a formal greeting or expression of regard. | ||
| c. to involve as a condition or accompaniment |
| ______ | 4. | comply |
| a. to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes fol. by with) | ||
| b. a company made up of several smaller companies engaged in diverse or unrelated areas of industry. | ||
| c. an expression of praise, admiration, or felicitation. |
| ______ | 5. | concede |
| a. to suggest or imply (meanings) in addition to the literal meaning. | ||
| b. to grant as a right or privilege. | ||
| c. wide or all-inclusive in range or scope. |
| ______ | 6. | compulsory |
| a. an author. | ||
| b. a mass of various components, esp. stony material composed of various kinds of rock. | ||
| c. something, as an athletic feat, that must be performed or completed as part of a contest or competition | ||
| d. to act in agreement with or obedience to a wish, request, requirement, or rule (sometimes fol. by with). |
| ______ | 7. | compress |
| a. a company made up of several smaller companies engaged in diverse or unrelated areas of industry. | ||
| b. to form into a solid mass by pressing together. | ||
| c. to declare by official order (something, such as a building) to be unsuitable or unfit for use. |
| ______ | 8. | comprehend |
| a. to make smaller, denser, or more compact; compress; concentrate. | ||
| b. an expression of praise, admiration, or felicitation. | ||
| c. to include. |
| ______ | 9. | concrete |
| a. representing or applied to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality | ||
| b. to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes fol. by with) | ||
| c. one who composes, esp. music. | ||
| d. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc. |
| ______ | 10. | condolence |
| a. to enclose or shut in; imprison. | ||
| b. Often,"condolences."expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief. | ||
| c. to press together; force into less space. | ||
| d. a company made up of several smaller companies engaged in diverse or unrelated areas of industry. |
| ______ | 11. | connote |
| a. to involve as a condition or accompaniment | ||
| b. (often pl.) a formal expression of such sympathy. | ||
| c. to enclose or shut in; imprison. |
| ______ | 12. | compulsive |
| a. to suggest or imply (meanings) in addition to the literal meaning. | ||
| b. driven by an obsession or compulsion. | ||
| c. to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes fol. by with) | ||
| d. something, as an athletic feat, that must be performed or completed as part of a contest or competition |
| ______ | 13. | concise |
| a. short and to the point; saying much in a few words. | ||
| b. an imaginative idea or fanciful notion. | ||
| c. to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| ______ | 14. | compliment |
| a. a concession or other action that endangers, esp. one's reputation or character. | ||
| b. a formal act of courtesy or respect. | ||
| c. driven by an obsession or compulsion. | ||
| d. a person or thing that composes. |
| ______ | 15. | confiscate |
| a. to seize (private property) for public use or ownership, either as penalty or repayment. | ||
| b. to enclose or shut in; imprison. | ||
| c. to agree to descend to a level less dignified or less privileged than one's own; deign. |
| ______ | 16. | condense |
| a. short and to the point; saying much in a few words. | ||
| b. anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements. | ||
| c. to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate. |
| ______ | 17. | compromise |
| a. to cause to become a solid mass | ||
| b. able to compel; compelling. | ||
| c. to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize. | ||
| d. a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands. |
| ______ | 18. | conglomerate |
| a. having or involving two or more actions or functions | ||
| b. using compulsion; compelling; constraining | ||
| c. a mass of various components, esp. stony material composed of various kinds of rock. |
| ______ | 19. | condescend |
| a. to stoop or deign to do something | ||
| b. seized. | ||
| c. to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| ______ | 20. | conscientious |
| a. meticulous; careful; painstaking; particular | ||
| b. to seize (private property) for public use or ownership, either as penalty or repayment. | ||
| c. Often,"condolences."expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief. | ||
| d. a person or thing that composes. |
| ______ | 21. | confine |
| a. to seize (private property) for public use or ownership, either as penalty or repayment. | ||
| b. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc. | ||
| c. (often pl.) a formal expression of such sympathy. |
| ______ | 22. | comprehensive |
| a. precise; meticulous; careful. | ||
| b. a corporation consisting of a number of subsidiary companies or divisions in a variety of unrelated industries, usually as a result of merger or acquisition. | ||
| c. seized. | ||
| d. comprehending mentally; having an extensive mental range or grasp. |
| ______ | 23. | condemn |
| a. seized. | ||
| b. to declare by official order (something, such as a building) to be unsuitable or unfit for use. | ||
| c. precise; meticulous; careful. |
| ______ | 24. | composer |
| a. Insurance. covering or providing broad protection against loss. | ||
| b. a person who writes music. | ||
| c. to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily |
| ______ | 25. | compound |
| a. to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning | ||
| b. having or involving two or more actions or functions | ||
| c. a directly conceived or intuited object of thought. | ||
| d. precise; meticulous; careful. |