| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | commensurate |
| a. to make necessary; exact. | ||
| b. participation in wrongdoing, esp. in a crime. | ||
| c. adequate, but usu. not outstanding. | ||
| d. having a common standard or measure; commensurable. |
| ______ | 2. | circumvent |
| a. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap | ||
| b. having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified | ||
| c. of citizens in their ordinary capacity, or of the ordinary life and affairs of citizens, as distinguished from military and ecclesiastical life and affairs. |
| ______ | 3. | compromise |
| a. the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. | ||
| b. coercive or constraining. | ||
| c. a concession or other action that endangers, esp. one's reputation or character. | ||
| d. able to exist together with something else |
| ______ | 4. | context |
| a. to pledge (oneself ) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.) | ||
| b. an account of events arranged according to the order in which those events took place. | ||
| c. to press together; force into less space. | ||
| d. the language accompanying a particular word or phrase and thus often influencing its meaning or effect. |
| ______ | 5. | contract |
| a. one of the earth's major land masses, such as North America, Australia, or Antarctica. | ||
| b. to express pity or sympathy for. | ||
| c. the document that represents such an agreement. | ||
| d. expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse |
| ______ | 6. | compulsive |
| a. a grasping or gripping with or as if with a hand or arms. | ||
| b. able to exist or function harmoniously with another. | ||
| c. Psychol. pertaining to, characterized by, or involving compulsion |
| ______ | 7. | compliment |
| a. an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration | ||
| b. logically ordered or connected; consistent. | ||
| c. to establish; found. |
| ______ | 8. | consume |
| a. short and to the point; saying much in a few words. | ||
| b. to eat or drink up; devour. | ||
| c. (often pl.) a formal expression of such sympathy. |
| ______ | 9. | commemorate |
| a. planned or occurring in a secret or surreptitious manner, esp. for subversive or illicit purposes. | ||
| b. to serve as a memorial or reminder of | ||
| c. to strive in debate; dispute earnestly |
| ______ | 10. | concoct |
| a. of or resembling a colossus. | ||
| b. to make untruthfully or evasively; invent; contrive. | ||
| c. to destroy, as by decomposition or burning |
| ______ | 11. | continent |
| a. to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of | ||
| b. to grant as a right or privilege. | ||
| c. one of the earth's major land masses, such as North America, Australia, or Antarctica. | ||
| d. to plan cleverly or ingeniously; invent. |
| ______ | 12. | citadel |
| a. a fellow citizen. | ||
| b. strong or vehement expression of disapproval | ||
| c. able to compel; compelling. | ||
| d. any strongly fortified place; stronghold. |
| ______ | 13. | censure |
| a. something intermediate between different things | ||
| b. to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner | ||
| c. extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge. |
| ______ | 14. | clemency |
| a. of about the same age or date | ||
| b. an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds. | ||
| c. (of the weather) mildness or temperateness. |
| ______ | 15. | contrast |
| a. an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc. | ||
| b. to manage to avoid or evade, esp. by clever maneuvering. | ||
| c. a person or thing that shows a strong lack of similarity to something else. |
| ______ | 16. | consternation |
| a. the group of people authorized to conduct religious services, such as ministers, priests, or rabbis. (Cf. laity.) | ||
| b. surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. | ||
| c. U.S. Politics. a representative party assembly to nominate candidates and adopt platforms and party rules. |
| ______ | 17. | chronic |
| a. surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. | ||
| b. Mech. to counterbalance (a force or the like); adjust or construct so as to offset or counterbalance variations or produce equilibrium. | ||
| c. recurring often and long-lasting. |
| ______ | 18. | clandestine |
| a. the state of nothingness believed in some religions to have preceded the creation of the universe. | ||
| b. one who composes, esp. music. | ||
| c. planned or occurring in a secret or surreptitious manner, esp. for subversive or illicit purposes. |
| ______ | 19. | cohesive |
| a. the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing | ||
| b. cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated; unified | ||
| c. to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in water that is just below the boiling point; cook gently. | ||
| d. constituting an actual thing or instance; real |
| ______ | 20. | clarify |
| a. sticking together; closely united; cohering. | ||
| b. to make more understandable; make clear. | ||
| c. something, as an athletic feat, that must be performed or completed as part of a contest or competition | ||
| d. of an examination, covering an entire field or a whole academic year of study. |
| ______ | 21. | complicity |
| a. the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing | ||
| b. the delegates or members of such a meeting or assembly. | ||
| c. to press together; force into less space. | ||
| d. severe criticism or disapproval. |
| ______ | 22. | competent |
| a. a fortress built on a high place in or near a city. | ||
| b. any person who supervises the manners or morality of others. | ||
| c. adequate but not exceptional. |
| ______ | 23. | commit |
| a. a thickened lump or mass of liquid, such as blood. | ||
| b. to establish (laws, an institution, etc.). | ||
| c. that which follows; result. | ||
| d. to give over in trust. |
| ______ | 24. | condolence |
| a. to hold in one's mind fondly or inveterately; harbor. | ||
| b. sympathy with a grieving or suffering person. | ||
| c. to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes fol. by with) | ||
| d. imagination; fancy. |
| ______ | 25. | climax |
| a. to counterbalance, as a physical force. | ||
| b. an act of mercy or forgiveness. | ||
| c. the top. |