| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | gratify |
| a. to satisfy; indulge; humor, as one's desires or appetites. | ||
| b. closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent | ||
| c. insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity. | ||
| d. flagrant or egregious. |
| ______ | 2. | heretic |
| a. lacking specifics; general; broad. | ||
| b. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers. | ||
| c. anyone who holds opinions or beliefs that challenge deeply established social, political, or religious views. |
| ______ | 3. | hazard |
| a. anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle. | ||
| b. flagrant or egregious. | ||
| c. fond of the company of others; sociable. | ||
| d. something that causes a danger or risk. |
| ______ | 4. | hardy |
| a. able to endure or survive harsh weather or adverse conditions; not easily killed. | ||
| b. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid. | ||
| c. to give one's attention to; take notice of. |
| ______ | 5. | hemisphere |
| a. to give attention; have regard. | ||
| b. either lateral half of the cerebellum or cerebrum. | ||
| c. exceptionally grand or impressive; imposing. | ||
| d. deceitfulness, treachery, or cunning; wiliness. |
| ______ | 6. | gross |
| a. occurring or characterized by sudden bursts or outbursts, as sound or laughter. | ||
| b. unmitigated or without qualifications such as deductions; total; absolute. | ||
| c. without charging money; freely. |
| ______ | 7. | heed |
| a. not organized or based on reason or logic; without aim or purpose. | ||
| b. to give one's attention to; take notice of. | ||
| c. something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| ______ | 8. | habitat |
| a. without charging money; freely. | ||
| b. a place of shelter or dwelling. | ||
| c. something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus. | ||
| d. to hinder or exhaust (an opponent) by repeated attacks. |
| ______ | 9. | gratuitous |
| a. Law. given without receiving any return value. | ||
| b. a very large accumulation of ice formed in cold regions from compacted snow and then moving very slowly into warmer regions. | ||
| c. a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod. | ||
| d. to hinder or exhaust (an opponent) by repeated attacks. |
| ______ | 10. | goad |
| a. closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent | ||
| b. a rod with a pointed or electric tip, used to urge cattle or other animals to move; prod. | ||
| c. to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings |
| ______ | 11. | guile |
| a. to trouble or disturb repeatedly or persistently. | ||
| b. insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity. | ||
| c. readily believing and thus easily tricked or deceived. |
| ______ | 12. | gulf |
| a. something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. | ||
| b. a large area of ocean partly surrounded by land. | ||
| c. a person who conveys or announces official news; messenger. |
| ______ | 13. | haphazard |
| a. to trouble or disturb repeatedly or persistently. | ||
| b. the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty | ||
| c. not organized or based on reason or logic; without aim or purpose. |
| ______ | 14. | gullible |
| a. free; gratuitous. | ||
| b. characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless. | ||
| c. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid. | ||
| d. easily deceived or cheated. |
| ______ | 15. | gratis |
| a. without charging money; freely. | ||
| b. a sheltered area of water for boats to be anchored or otherwise secured. | ||
| c. to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute. | ||
| d. someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| ______ | 16. | gusty |
| a. a rod with a pointed or electric tip, used to urge cattle or other animals to move; prod. | ||
| b. occurring in gusts, as the wind or laughter. | ||
| c. the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty |
| ______ | 17. | harass |
| a. to trouble or disturb repeatedly or persistently. | ||
| b. unqualified; complete; rank | ||
| c. a rod with a pointed or electric tip, used to urge cattle or other animals to move; prod. | ||
| d. to satisfy or indulge (a desire, impulse, or the like). |
| ______ | 18. | herald |
| a. either of two halves of the terrestrial globe, formed by dividing it into northern and southern parts at the equator, or into eastern and western parts at a meridian. | ||
| b. a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, esp. a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. | ||
| c. an official of former times responsible for conveying royal messages and making proclamations. |
| ______ | 19. | harbor |
| a. a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents. | ||
| b. free; gratuitous. | ||
| c. not organized or based on reason or logic; without aim or purpose. | ||
| d. the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty |
| ______ | 20. | glacier |
| a. a very large accumulation of ice formed in cold regions from compacted snow and then moving very slowly into warmer regions. | ||
| b. a place of shelter or dwelling. | ||
| c. without charge or payment; free |
| ______ | 21. | germane |
| a. having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. | ||
| b. (formerly) a royal or official messenger, esp. one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime. | ||
| c. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid. | ||
| d. a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, esp. a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| ______ | 22. | gregarious |
| a. tending to gather in groups, packs, flocks, or the like. | ||
| b. unmitigated or without qualifications such as deductions; total; absolute. | ||
| c. the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism: a tropical habitat. |
| ______ | 23. | grandiose |
| a. exceptionally grand or impressive; imposing. | ||
| b. a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church. | ||
| c. blowing or coming in gusts, as wind, rain, or storms. | ||
| d. able to endure hardship; rugged; courageous. |
| ______ | 24. | harbinger |
| a. capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong | ||
| b. someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. | ||
| c. a half of a sphere. | ||
| d. any wide separation, as in position, status, or education. |
| ______ | 25. | hamper |
| a. having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. | ||
| b. living in flocks or herds, as animals. | ||
| c. Naut. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way. | ||
| d. grand in an imposing or impressive way. |