| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | commensurate |
| a. feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom | ||
| b. to remove from or force out of a position or location. | ||
| c. something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant. | ||
| d. proportionate; adequate. |
| ______ | 2. | circumvent |
| a. to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting | ||
| b. to use a cultivator on. | ||
| c. to cling fondly or inveterately to |
| ______ | 3. | detest |
| a. to hate; loathe. | ||
| b. severe criticism or disapproval. | ||
| c. to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. | ||
| d. to lay waste; render desolate |
| ______ | 4. | context |
| a. to support with evidence or testimony; certify the truth of. | ||
| b. to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive | ||
| c. to begin; start. | ||
| d. the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc. |
| ______ | 5. | contract |
| a. invigorating the heart; stimulating. | ||
| b. to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully | ||
| c. to incur; acquire. |
| ______ | 6. | corroborate |
| a. lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness. | ||
| b. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict | ||
| c. to make more certain; confirm | ||
| d. the delegates or members of such a meeting or assembly. |
| ______ | 7. | compliment |
| a. "compliments,"a courteous greeting; good wishes; regards | ||
| b. to offset or be equivalent to. | ||
| c. to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| ______ | 8. | coherent |
| a. a comparable landmass on another planet. | ||
| b. having or yielding an abundant supply | ||
| c. lumping, holding, or sticking together. |
| ______ | 9. | criterion |
| a. without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid | ||
| b. having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious | ||
| c. invigorating the heart; stimulating. | ||
| d. a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something. |
| ______ | 10. | concrete |
| a. something intermediate between different things | ||
| b. constituting an actual thing or instance; real | ||
| c. to make untruthfully or evasively; invent; contrive. |
| ______ | 11. | disarray |
| a. a meeting or formal assembly, as of representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern. | ||
| b. to compose; form | ||
| c. disorder; confusion |
| ______ | 12. | compatriot |
| a. intended to educate or instruct, esp. in moral values. | ||
| b. a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman. | ||
| c. "compliments,"a courteous greeting; good wishes; regards | ||
| d. ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting; without individuality |
| ______ | 13. | crisis |
| a. to stop or discourage from some action by arousing doubt or fear. | ||
| b. a condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change. | ||
| c. a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood. |
| ______ | 14. | decipher |
| a. to make honorable mention of. | ||
| b. to interpret by the use of a key, as something written in cipher | ||
| c. a round of years or a recurring period of time, esp. one in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order and at the same intervals. |
| ______ | 15. | comply |
| a. state of mind regarding something; inclination | ||
| b. to undress. | ||
| c. to place or arrange. | ||
| d. to act in agreement with or obedience to a wish, request, requirement, or rule (sometimes fol. by with). |
| ______ | 16. | compromise |
| a. in law, overt disrespect for or disobedience of a judge, court, or legislature. | ||
| b. a concession or other action that endangers, esp. one's reputation or character. | ||
| c. to recompense for something |
| ______ | 17. | chronic |
| a. recurring often and long-lasting. | ||
| b. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted. | ||
| c. characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious |
| ______ | 18. | comprehend |
| a. to remove impurities; render clearer. | ||
| b. the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc. | ||
| c. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc. | ||
| d. to understand or grasp the meaning of. |
| ______ | 19. | commerce |
| a. expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse | ||
| b. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. | ||
| c. the exchange of goods or services for money; business transactions. |
| ______ | 20. | clarify |
| a. to remove solid matter from (a liquid); to make into a clear or pellucid liquid. | ||
| b. social interaction. | ||
| c. an expression of praise, admiration, or felicitation. | ||
| d. characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. |
| ______ | 21. | desist |
| a. departing from the proper or accepted way; roundabout | ||
| b. to stop acting in a certain way. | ||
| c. a small compact group of individuals |
| ______ | 22. | competent |
| a. Law. pertaining to causes between contending parties. | ||
| b. a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. | ||
| c. one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. | ||
| d. Law. (of a witness, a party to a contract, etc.) having legal competence. |
| ______ | 23. | decorous |
| a. characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. | ||
| b. one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. | ||
| c. unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives |
| ______ | 24. | colonize |
| a. not open, honest, or straightforward; sneaky; underhanded. | ||
| b. to create a colony of. | ||
| c. to serve as a memorial or reminder of | ||
| d. to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage. |
| ______ | 25. | cower |
| a. to crouch, as in fear or shame. | ||
| b. cohering; sticking together | ||
| c. to hate; loathe. |