Review Lessons 17 through 20   -   edHelper.com

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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______	1.	dormant
		a. to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse
		b. to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke
		c. latent or not apparent but nonetheless present.
		d. the word or expression so substituted.

______	2.	esoteric
		a. to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form
		b. characterized by forceful and appropriate expression
		c. private; secret; confidential.

______	3.	exorcise
		a. without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing (opposed to temporal)
		b. to expel (a demon or evil spirit).
		c. to provide clarification; explain.

______	4.	epitaph
		a. to try to be the same as or better than (another person), esp. by imitating.
		b. serving to set apart or mark as distinct or unusual.
		c. tending to be meticulous; rigorous.
		d. a brief writing in praise of one who has died.

______	5.	excerpt
		a. dislike or repugnance.
		b. a short passage taken from a written work, film, or the like.
		c. an employer of productive labor; contractor.

______	6.	embellish
		a. half-asleep; sleepy.
		b. rejection of the doctrine or authority of an established church; separation or noncomformity.
		c. to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate.
		d. serving to set apart or mark as distinct or unusual.

______	7.	distinction
		a. serving to set apart or mark as distinct or unusual.
		b. recognition of differences.
		c. to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain

______	8.	dunce
		a. an unintelligent, foolish, or ignorant person.
		b. not having the same geometric center, or not situated or pivoted at the geometric center.
		c. carrying out one's duties or responsibilities as required or expected.

______	9.	enigma
		a. to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.)
		b. to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
		c. a person, group, or organism whose nature, purpose, or behavior seems inexplicable.
		d. recognition of differences.

______	10.	disseminate
		a. to disclose (usu. something confidential or secret).
		b. to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse
		c. a short passage taken from a written work, film, or the like.
		d. to take in marriage.

______	11.	euphemism
		a. having no fixed course or direction.
		b. the expression so substituted
		c. to free from blame; absolve; exculpate.

______	12.	elementary
		a. to differ in sentiment or opinion, esp. from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often fol. by from)
		b. to sever the association of (oneself ); separate
		c. of or relating to first principles; irreducible; fundamental.
		d. to consider as of a certain value or of a certain type; regard

______	13.	drowsy
		a. resulting from or characterized by a sleepy or lethargic condition.
		b. to act out or act the part of, in a dramatic presentation.
		c. amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.

______	14.	distaste
		a. to take or select passages from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.
		b. dislike or repugnance.
		c. to meet (a person, military force, etc.) in conflict

______	15.	exacerbate
		a. to discharge the contents of (one's bowel or bladder); empty.
		b. to increase the painfulness or severity of (illness, suffering, hard feelings, or the like); aggravate.
		c. to cause to appear; summon; conjure.
		d. to dig (something buried, esp. a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.

______	16.	encore
		a. again; once more (used by an audience in calling for an additional number or piece).
		b. to ascertain the number of; count.
		c. of or relating to first principles; irreducible; fundamental.

______	17.	eloquent
		a. half-asleep; sleepy.
		b. the largest division of geologic time, comprising two or more eras.
		c. tame; domesticated.
		d. movingly expressive

______	18.	duplicity
		a. to make clear; clarify or explain.
		b. a twofold or double state or quality.
		c. the group of persons making such a journey

______	19.	evolve
		a. to find the number of, as by counting.
		b. to develop or change by an evolutionary process.
		c. different in nature or quality; dissimilar (sometimes fol. by from)
		d. to start an enterprise, business, etc.

______	20.	element
		a. mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.
		b. a part of any whole.
		c. to avoid or forgo; shun.
		d. in high, cheerful spirits; lively; animated.

______	21.	epigram
		a. to make clear; clarify or explain.
		b. a short terse poem, distinguished by wit and irony.
		c. mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.

______	22.	dune
		a. a mound or hill of sand built up by the action of wind.
		b. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
		c. a compatible environment.

______	23.	explicit
		a. frank and outspoken.
		b. a droll person; jester; wag.
		c. a discrimination made between things as different; special regard or favoritism
		d. to draw away from serious matters; amuse.

______	24.	enmity
		a. the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism.
		b. to lure or tempt, as by calling attention to the possible benefits of an action.
		c. highly refined; unworldly.
		d. lasting but one day

______	25.	droll
		a. wryly amusing or humorous.
		b. to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
		c. to expose to danger; imperil