Lesson 16   -   edHelper.com
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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______ 1. disquiet
   a. the condition or an instance of being unlike, unequal, or of different kinds; difference.
   b. to incline or make willing.
   c. lack of mental calm or peace; anxiety; uneasiness.
   d. to make unfit or unqualified.
______ 2. dismantle
   a. to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.
   b. to go from a place of lodgment.
   c. unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives
______ 3. disarray
   a. to undress.
   b. to disassemble or pull down; take apart
   c. cheerless or depressing; gloomy.
______ 4. dispense
   a. ill repute or low regard; disgrace or disfavor (usu. prec. by in or into).
   b. to deal out; distribute
   c. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter
______ 5. disciple
   a. to throw into disorder or turmoil.
   b. Relig. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ.one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1.any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
   c. to divest of dress, covering, etc.
______ 6. digress
   a. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
   b. lack of harmony; discord.
   c. reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
______ 7. dilapidated
   a. fallen into disrepair or decay, esp. from neglect or overuse.
   b. to regard or treat with contempt; scorn.
   c. to put in a particular or suitable place
______ 8. disrupt
   a. to upset or throw into disorder or confusion.
   b. not interested; indifferent.
   c. to interrupt or break off, usu. temporarily.
______ 9. disperse
   a. a predominant or prevailing mood or temperament, as of a person or the weather.
   b. to undress.
   c. cheerless or depressing; gloomy.
   d. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter
______ 10. discard
   a. reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
   b. to break up or dissolve (an organization or organized group).
   c. to cause disorder or turmoil in
   d. Cards. to discard a card or cards.
______ 11. disband
   a. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
   b. to break up or dissolve (an organization)
   c. to throw into disorder or turmoil.
   d. lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
______ 12. dismal
   a. to drive away or get rid of by, or as if by, scattering in all directions; disperse.
   b. to upset or throw into disorder or confusion.
   c. cheerless or depressing; gloomy.
   d. to prepare and give out (medicine or the like).
______ 13. disposition
   a. lack of harmony; discord.
   b. not interested; indifferent.
   c. the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude
   d. to deal out; distribute
______ 14. diluted
   a. to deprive of calmness, equanimity, or peace; disturb; make uneasy
   b. to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
   c. to become weaker or less concentrated.
   d. to put in a particular or suitable place
______ 15. dislodge
   a. to put in a particular or the proper order or arrangement; adjust by arranging the parts.
   b. to remove from or force out of a position or location.
   c. Cards. to discard a card or cards.
   d. to strip of some right or privilege, such as the right to participate in an athletic contest; declare ineligible or unqualified.
______ 16. dispose
   a. to regard or treat with contempt; scorn.
   b. to place or arrange.
   c. to disassemble or pull down; take apart
______ 17. dispassionate
   a. not biased or influenced by self-interest; impartial.
   b. ill repute or low regard; disgrace or disfavor (usu. prec. by in or into).
   c. weak, inept, or uninteresting.
   d. free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm
______ 18. disparage
   a. lack of mental calm or peace; anxiety; uneasiness.
   b. to bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of
   c. to stray from the main topic; ramble.
   d. one of the followers of Jesus Christ, esp. one of the apostles.
______ 19. dispel
   a. to prepare and give out (medicine or the like).
   b. free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm
   c. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
   d. to drive away or get rid of by, or as if by, scattering in all directions; disperse.
______ 20. disrepute
   a. to go from a place of lodgment.
   b. to spread widely; disseminate
   c. ill repute or low regard; disgrace or disfavor (usu. prec. by in or into).
______ 21. disparity
   a. reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
   b. the condition or an instance of being unlike, unequal, or of different kinds; difference.
   c. ill repute or low regard; disgrace or disfavor (usu. prec. by in or into).
   d. to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
______ 22. disharmony
   a. to stray from the main topic; ramble.
   b. bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually prec. by in or into)
   c. Sports. to deprive of the right to participate in or win a contest because of a violation of the rules.
   d. something discordant.
______ 23. disdain
   a. to cause to disappear, as though by being driven away; dispel.
   b. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself
   c. to undress.
   d. to become weaker or less concentrated.
______ 24. disqualify
   a. to place or arrange.
   b. to make unfit or unqualified.
   c. something discordant.
______ 25. disinterested
   a. to put into proper or definitive order; make disposition of.
   b. not biased or influenced by self-interest; impartial.
   c. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn.
   d. to throw into disorder or turmoil.