| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | convention |
| a. to strengthen or secure; make solid or stable. | ||
| b. an agreement, compact, or contract. | ||
| c. a secret agreement or plan among two or more persons to perform a crime or other wrongful act. | ||
| d. tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome |
| ______ | 2. | contrary |
| a. opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed | ||
| b. inclined to argue; quarrelsome; belligerent. | ||
| c. to make impure or unusable by contact or by adding a harmful substance. | ||
| d. the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect |
| ______ | 3. | contradict |
| a. to look at long and thoughtfully. | ||
| b. to eat; devour. | ||
| c. to assert the opposite of; deny the truth of. | ||
| d. the carrying out of such a plan. |
| ______ | 4. | consume |
| a. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted. | ||
| b. to destroy or expend by use; use up. | ||
| c. to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to | ||
| d. attracting attention by exceptional or striking qualities; prominent. |
| ______ | 5. | constitute |
| a. to assert the opposite of; deny the truth of. | ||
| b. to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of | ||
| c. one of the earth's major land masses, such as North America, Australia, or Antarctica. | ||
| d. to establish (laws, an institution, etc.). |
| ______ | 6. | contempt |
| a. U.S. Politics. a representative party assembly to nominate candidates and adopt platforms and party rules. | ||
| b. traditional in appearance; not flashy. | ||
| c. in law, overt disrespect for or disobedience of a judge, court, or legislature. | ||
| d. filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent |
| ______ | 7. | contemplate |
| a. to think about deeply and seriously. | ||
| b. following one after another without interruption; in unbroken order. | ||
| c. to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine | ||
| d. to appoint to an office or function; make or create |
| ______ | 8. | contrite |
| a. filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent | ||
| b. easily seen; noticeable. | ||
| c. the state of being despised; dishonor; disgrace. |
| ______ | 9. | contract |
| a. following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive | ||
| b. one of the earth's major land masses, such as North America, Australia, or Antarctica. | ||
| c. to incur; acquire. |
| ______ | 10. | contagion |
| a. to be inconsistent with; imply the opposite. | ||
| b. to scheme or plot with treacherous intent. | ||
| c. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. | ||
| d. to destroy. |
| ______ | 11. | contaminate |
| a. an act or instance of following something as an effect, result, or outcome. | ||
| b. a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay. | ||
| c. something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant. | ||
| d. not extreme, esp. not too high; restrained; moderate. |
| ______ | 12. | contentious |
| a. to discard the unused or unwanted items of and organize the remaining | ||
| b. a secret agreement or plan among two or more persons to perform a crime or other wrongful act. | ||
| c. causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy |
| ______ | 13. | consternation |
| a. the state of being despised; dishonor; disgrace. | ||
| b. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. | ||
| c. easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable | ||
| d. a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay. |
| ______ | 14. | conspiracy |
| a. the document that represents such an agreement. | ||
| b. causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy | ||
| c. a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose |
| ______ | 15. | conservative |
| a. to look at long and thoughtfully. | ||
| b. something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant. | ||
| c. preferring the traditional and resisting rapid change. | ||
| d. of the present time; modern |
| ______ | 16. | contend |
| a. to strive against difficulties or opposition. | ||
| b. a meeting or formal assembly, as of representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern. | ||
| c. to strengthen or secure; make solid or stable. | ||
| d. the set of circumstances or events in which a particular event occurs; situation. |
| ______ | 17. | conspicuous |
| a. the conclusion reached by a line of reasoning; inference. | ||
| b. attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities | ||
| c. stubbornly averse; willful. | ||
| d. to make impure or unusable by contact or by adding a harmful substance. |
| ______ | 18. | consequence |
| a. the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. | ||
| b. to make impure or unusable by contact or by adding a harmful substance. | ||
| c. the conclusion reached by a line of reasoning; inference. | ||
| d. having a logical sequence. |
| ______ | 19. | contrive |
| a. to exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else; form a contrast. | ||
| b. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent | ||
| c. causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy | ||
| d. an agreement, compact, or contract. |
| ______ | 20. | consecutive |
| a. one of the earth's major land masses, such as North America, Australia, or Antarctica. | ||
| b. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.). | ||
| c. to destroy, as by decomposition or burning | ||
| d. following one after another without interruption; in unbroken order. |
| ______ | 21. | context |
| a. Ling. to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings | ||
| b. the language accompanying a particular word or phrase and thus often influencing its meaning or effect. | ||
| c. to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about | ||
| d. relating or belonging to the same period of time. |
| ______ | 22. | contemporary |
| a. to compare (two people or things) in order to make their differences clear. | ||
| b. of the present time; modern | ||
| c. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted. | ||
| d. to strive in argument; dispute; debate. |
| ______ | 23. | consolidate |
| a. the set of circumstances or events in which a particular event occurs; situation. | ||
| b. to speak contrary to the assertions of | ||
| c. marked by logical sequence. | ||
| d. to combine into a whole or mass; unify. |
| ______ | 24. | continent |
| a. being the opposite one of two | ||
| b. to make solid or firm; solidify; strengthen | ||
| c. the mainland, as distinguished from islands or peninsulas. | ||
| d. to form or compose. |
| ______ | 25. | contrast |
| a. surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. | ||
| b. (cap.) the mainland of Europe (usu. prec. by the). | ||
| c. Ling. to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings |