Lesson 11   -   edHelper.com
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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______ 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.