| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | duration |
| a. lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid | ||
| b. Math. (of a sequence, series, etc.) to have no unique limit; to have infinity as a limit. | ||
| c. of or related to the household or family. | ||
| d. the interval of time during which something exists or proceeds. |
| ______ | 2. | dwindle |
| a. to subject to dissociation. | ||
| b. nearly asleep. | ||
| c. to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away | ||
| d. of or pertaining to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family |
| ______ | 3. | domestic |
| a. to disclose (usu. something confidential or secret). | ||
| b. displaying or filled with a sense of duty. | ||
| c. particularly fond of the home or maintaining a home. |
| ______ | 4. | divert |
| a. to draw away; distract. | ||
| b. a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans. | ||
| c. clearly different or set apart; separate (sometimes fol. by from). |
| ______ | 5. | distinctive |
| a. to draw away from serious matters; amuse. | ||
| b. not easily worn out; long-lasting; sturdy. | ||
| c. capable of or used to living with humans; tame. | ||
| d. having a special quality, style, attractiveness, etc.; notable. |
| ______ | 6. | distinction |
| a. to differ in sentiment or opinion, esp. from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often fol. by from) | ||
| b. to become or cause to become gradually smaller or less until almost nothing remains; diminish; shrink. | ||
| c. honor or excellence. | ||
| d. Geom. not having the same center; not concentric: used esp. of two circles or spheres at least one of which contains the centers of both. |
| ______ | 7. | disseminate |
| a. nearly asleep. | ||
| b. particularly fond of the home or maintaining a home. | ||
| c. required by duty; proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty | ||
| d. to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse |
| ______ | 8. | dunce |
| a. honor or excellence. | ||
| b. to sever a connection of; remove from association; separate or distance. | ||
| c. a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt. |
| ______ | 9. | durable |
| a. not easily worn out; long-lasting; sturdy. | ||
| b. Physics. of or pertaining to force or power.of or pertaining to force related to motion. | ||
| c. to disagree with or reject the doctrines or authority of an established church. |
| ______ | 10. | divulge |
| a. to rule or exercise power in an arrogant or arbitrary manner; tyrannize. | ||
| b. to disclose (usu. something confidential or secret). | ||
| c. in chemistry, to cause (a complex substance) to decompose into its simpler constituents by varying the physical conditions. |
| ______ | 11. | diurnal |
| a. occurring in or pertaining to a day or each day; daily. | ||
| b. to rule or exercise power in an arrogant or arbitrary manner; tyrannize. | ||
| c. to withdraw from association. |
| ______ | 12. | dune |
| a. latent or not apparent but nonetheless present. | ||
| b. a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans. | ||
| c. the state or quality of existing within time. |
| ______ | 13. | drowsy |
| a. to spread widely, as though scattering seed. | ||
| b. devoted to home life or household affairs. | ||
| c. dull; sluggish. |
| ______ | 14. | distaste |
| a. to withdraw from association. | ||
| b. dislike or repugnance. | ||
| c. wryly amusing or humorous. | ||
| d. to disagree with or reject something, esp. prevailing or official views, doctrines, customs, or the like. |
| ______ | 15. | dynamic |
| a. dislike; disinclination. | ||
| b. to extend or move away in different directions from a common point. | ||
| c. causing a sleepy or lethargic condition; soporific. | ||
| d. pertaining to the science of dynamics. |
| ______ | 16. | dissociate |
| a. a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans. | ||
| b. to sever the association of (oneself ); separate | ||
| c. to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect. | ||
| d. wryly amusing or humorous. |
| ______ | 17. | diverge |
| a. plainly seen, heard, or understood; unmistakable or evident. | ||
| b. to extend or move away in different directions from a common point. | ||
| c. pertaining to the science of dynamics. | ||
| d. a twofold or double state or quality. |
| ______ | 18. | duplicity |
| a. dull; sluggish. | ||
| b. in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance | ||
| c. the condition or quality of doubleness. | ||
| d. to disagree with or reject something, esp. prevailing or official views, doctrines, customs, or the like. |
| ______ | 19. | domineer |
| a. able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring. | ||
| b. the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the). | ||
| c. to tower or loom over or above. | ||
| d. a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans. |
| ______ | 20. | dutiful |
| a. to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take an opposing view. | ||
| b. plainly seen, heard, or understood; unmistakable or evident. | ||
| c. required by duty; proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty | ||
| d. a twofold or double state or quality. |
| ______ | 21. | distinct |
| a. to draw away; distract. | ||
| b. having sharpness and clarity, as lines in a drawing. | ||
| c. to become or cause to become gradually smaller or less until almost nothing remains; diminish; shrink. |
| ______ | 22. | droll |
| a. able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring. | ||
| b. an unintelligent, foolish, or ignorant person. | ||
| c. wryly amusing or humorous. |
| ______ | 23. | dissent |
| a. deceitful speech or action. | ||
| b. capable of or used to living with humans; tame. | ||
| c. to differ in sentiment or opinion, esp. from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often fol. by from) | ||
| d. in chemistry, to cause (a complex substance) to decompose into its simpler constituents by varying the physical conditions. |
| ______ | 24. | eccentric |
| a. not having the same geometric center, or not situated or pivoted at the geometric center. | ||
| b. dislike for food or drink. | ||
| c. of or belonging to the daytime (opposed to nocturnal). |
| ______ | 25. | dormant |
| a. a mound or hill of sand built up by the action of wind. | ||
| b. distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes fol. by from) | ||
| c. lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid |