Lesson 23   -   edHelper.com

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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______	1.	geology
		a. the aspects of a particular place, planet, or the like that pertain to geology.
		b. extremely cold; freezing.
		c. inclined to lack seriousness or show undue levity.
		d. unlikely to produce or incapable of producing a desired result; ineffective; useless.

______	2.	fortify
		a. to provide with fortifications, as against military attack.
		b. a narrow trench made in the ground, as for planting seeds.
		c. outspoken and to the point.
		d. useless; unproductive; without results or success

______	3.	frigid
		a. extremely cold; freezing.
		b. to make applicable to a wide range of situations or ideas.
		c. a seizure marked by violent agitation, excitement, or enthusiasm, or the activity accompanying such a seizure.

______	4.	frivolous
		a. characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
		b. to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
		c. in a game or plucky manner

______	5.	garner
		a. unlikely to produce or incapable of producing a desired result; ineffective; useless.
		b. to accumulate or acquire.
		c. (usu. cap.) such a star system that contains Earth; the Milky Way.
		d. accomplished with or characterized by stealth; surreptitious; sly.

______	6.	garble
		a. to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible.
		b. to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
		c. outspoken and to the point.

______	7.	garish
		a. to infer (a general idea or opinion) on the basis of insufficient details.
		b. the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is undergoing.
		c. not permanent or lasting; transitory or ephemeral.
		d. notable for excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy.

______	8.	galling
		a. causing vexation or irritation.
		b. to make a furrow or furrows in.
		c. a fit or spell of violent mental excitement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania
		d. to accumulate or place in or as if in a structure made for storing grain.

______	9.	frenzy
		a. wild madness.
		b. happening or appearing by chance, as a coincidence.
		c. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret
		d. unsuccessful; unproductive.

______	10.	fruitless
		a. causing vexation or irritation.
		b. useless; unproductive; without results or success
		c. (usu. cap.) such a star system that contains Earth; the Milky Way.

______	11.	genre
		a. morally weak; easily tempted.
		b. a category of artistic work marked by a particular specified form, technique, or content.
		c. to create by a vital or natural process.
		d. causing vexation or irritation.

______	12.	fugitive
		a. someone who is escaping or running away, as from the police, persecution, responsibilities, or the like.
		b. wild madness.
		c. (usu. cap.) such a star system that contains Earth; the Milky Way.

______	13.	furtive
		a. to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort
		b. sly; shifty
		c. to infer (a general principle or idea) from specific facts.

______	14.	forthright
		a. extremely cold; freezing.
		b. incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful
		c. going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken
		d. having delicate health; not robust; weak

______	15.	gamely
		a. very cold in temperature
		b. in a game or plucky manner
		c. to create by a vital or natural process.

______	16.	fortuitous
		a. to make a furrow or furrows in.
		b. occurring or appearing by lucky chance.
		c. genus; kind; sort; style.
		d. a fit or spell of violent mental excitement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania

______	17.	futile
		a. trifling; frivolous; unimportant.
		b. to cause to be brought into being.
		c. a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway
		d. unable to bring forth fruit.

______	18.	fragile
		a. to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
		b. lacking in substance; flimsy.
		c. the entire body of people who were born at roughly the same time.

______	19.	frugal
		a. wild madness.
		b. causing vexation or irritation.
		c. economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful

______	20.	generation
		a. to gather, collect, or hoard.
		b. to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort
		c. the entire body of people who were born at roughly the same time.

______	21.	furrow
		a. any narrow depression in a surface.
		b. to make applicable to a wide range of situations or ideas.
		c. emotionally cold; unfriendly or unemotional.

______	22.	frail
		a. (of a person) given to trifling or undue levity
		b. morally weak; easily tempted.
		c. excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings.

______	23.	galaxy
		a. inclined to lack seriousness or show undue levity.
		b. unimportant; trivial.
		c. a group of brilliant, beautiful, or prominent people.
		d. to drive to frenzy; make frantic

______	24.	generate
		a. inclined to lack seriousness or show undue levity.
		b. easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail
		c. to create and distribute vitally and profusely
		d. to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible.

______	25.	generalize
		a. extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
		b. to infer (a general principle or idea) from specific facts.
		c. vulnerably delicate, as in appearance