| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | eternal |
| a. light, airy, or tenuous | ||
| b. seeming to have no end; continuing over a very long time; interminable. | ||
| c. the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism. | ||
| d. to consider as of a certain value or of a certain type; regard |
| ______ | 2. | ephemeral |
| a. lasting but one day | ||
| b. a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site. | ||
| c. someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. |
| ______ | 3. | era |
| a. a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle. | ||
| b. to name or list one by one. | ||
| c. the period of time to which anything belongs or is to be assigned |
| ______ | 4. | enmity |
| a. the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism. | ||
| b. a short, usu. prose literary work that expresses the writer's ideas, feelings, and opinions on a particular subject. | ||
| c. not occurring predictably or consistently; unpredictable. | ||
| d. to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration |
| ______ | 5. | entice |
| a. of the upper regions or heavens; otherworldly. | ||
| b. a short, usu. prose literary work that expresses the writer's ideas, feelings, and opinions on a particular subject. | ||
| c. to have a high opinion of; respect; honor. | ||
| d. to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle |
| ______ | 6. | equanimity |
| a. the quality of remaining calm, serene, or unruffled, esp. under stress; composure. | ||
| b. perpetual; ceaseless; endless | ||
| c. Astron. one billion years. | ||
| d. to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause. |
| ______ | 7. | entrepreneur |
| a. a system of chronologic notation reckoned from a given date | ||
| b. someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. | ||
| c. to avoid or forgo; shun. |
| ______ | 8. | erode |
| a. lasting for only a short period. | ||
| b. someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. | ||
| c. to slowly wear away, eat into, or destroy by the action of friction or the like. | ||
| d. the quality of remaining calm, serene, or unruffled, esp. under stress; composure. |
| ______ | 9. | essay |
| a. someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. | ||
| b. to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid | ||
| c. extremely delicate or refined | ||
| d. a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. |
| ______ | 10. | epic |
| a. lasting or living for only one day. | ||
| b. resembling or suggesting such poetry | ||
| c. mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium. |
| ______ | 11. | esoteric |
| a. on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. | ||
| b. belonging to the select few. | ||
| c. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly | ||
| d. to name or list one by one. |
| ______ | 12. | epitaph |
| a. an attempt to do something. | ||
| b. to commemorate in or with an epitaph. | ||
| c. not occurring predictably or consistently; unpredictable. | ||
| d. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed. |
| ______ | 13. | erudite |
| a. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly | ||
| b. to surround entirely. | ||
| c. to find the number of, as by counting. | ||
| d. the quality of remaining calm, serene, or unruffled, esp. under stress; composure. |
| ______ | 14. | enigma |
| a. to avoid or forgo; shun. | ||
| b. an obscure, seemingly contradictory, or ambiguous phenomenon, statement, drawing, or the like. | ||
| c. highly refined; unworldly. |
| ______ | 15. | eradicate |
| a. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism. | ||
| b. to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid | ||
| c. to pull up by the roots |
| ______ | 16. | enumerate |
| a. on a grand scale; of heroic proportions. | ||
| b. to name or list one by one. | ||
| c. having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed | ||
| d. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed. |
| ______ | 17. | erratic |
| a. to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list | ||
| b. deviating from that which is usual or accepted; eccentric. | ||
| c. 4. favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard |
| ______ | 18. | envelop |
| a. to serve as a wrapping or covering for, as a membrane of an organ or a sheath. | ||
| b. in geology, the longest division of time, encompassing two or more eras. | ||
| c. a system of chronologic notation reckoned from a given date |
| ______ | 19. | engulf |
| a. to have a high opinion of; respect; honor. | ||
| b. to cover entirely; envelop, as by an abyss or flood. | ||
| c. to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle | ||
| d. lasting for only a short period. |
| ______ | 20. | epigram |
| a. a person, group, or organism whose nature, purpose, or behavior seems inexplicable. | ||
| b. to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle | ||
| c. mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium. | ||
| d. a short terse poem, distinguished by wit and irony. |
| ______ | 21. | esteem |
| a. 4. favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard | ||
| b. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought. | ||
| c. to surround entirely. | ||
| d. a short, usu. prose literary work that expresses the writer's ideas, feelings, and opinions on a particular subject. |
| ______ | 22. | ethereal |
| a. the largest division of geologic time, comprising two or more eras. | ||
| b. private; secret; confidential. | ||
| c. of the upper regions or heavens; otherworldly. | ||
| d. an employer of productive labor; contractor. |
| ______ | 23. | espouse |
| a. a person of puzzling or contradictory character | ||
| b. to completely destroy; annihilate; obliterate. | ||
| c. to give (a woman) in marriage. | ||
| d. to name or list one by one. |
| ______ | 24. | eon |
| a. to lure or tempt, as by calling attention to the possible benefits of an action. | ||
| b. lasting but one day | ||
| c. an extremely long period of time. | ||
| d. intended for a select few; secret; private. |
| ______ | 25. | eschew |
| a. to cover entirely; envelop, as by an abyss or flood. | ||
| b. seeming to have no end; continuing over a very long time; interminable. | ||
| c. to commemorate in or with an epitaph. | ||
| d. to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid |