Lesson 27   -   edHelper.com
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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______ 1. incredible
   a. to install in office with a formal ceremony.
   b. not credible; hard to believe; unbelievable
   c. not able to be deciphered.
______ 2. incorporate
   a. adapted for cutting or piercing.
   b. to put or introduce into a body or mass as an integral part or parts
   c. of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
______ 3. incite
   a. of, pertaining to, or characterized by lack of attention.
   b. lacking logical order or connection.
   c. to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action
______ 4. indecipherable
   a. not able to be deciphered.
   b. not capable of being heard; not audible.
   c. not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
______ 5. inconspicuous
   a. the state or quality of being incompetent.
   b. insufficient or below standard.
   c. not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.
   d. lacking logical order or connection.
______ 6. inconsistent
   a. of, pertaining to, or characterized by lack of attention.
   b. to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action
   c. not following a regular pattern; variable.
______ 7. incongruous
   a. inability or unwillingness to make a decision.
   b. making or leaving a permanent mark.
   c. inconsistent
______ 8. incisive
   a. cutting.
   b. (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
   c. Psychiatry. ineffectual in response to emotional, social, intellectual, and physical demands in the absence of any obvious mental or physical deficiency.
   d. to tend, in a physical sense; approximate
______ 9. incline
   a. to be disposed or tend towards certain viewpoints or ways of thinking or feeling.
   b. not obvious or readily apparent; easily overlooked.
   c. not consistent.
______ 10. incessant
   a. not decipherable; illegible.
   b. making or leaving a permanent mark.
   c. insufficient or below standard.
   d. never ceasing; continual.
______ 11. indelible
   a. not able to be deciphered.
   b. making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like
   c. marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp.
______ 12. indefatigable
   a. to install in office with a formal ceremony.
   b. not subject to fatigue; untiring.
   c. not following a regular pattern; variable.
______ 13. inadvertent
   a. remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute
   b. of, pertaining to, or characterized by lack of attention.
   c. not understandable; incomprehensible.
______ 14. inconclusive
   a. not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions
   b. characterized by such thought or language, as a person
   c. marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp.
______ 15. incense
   a. an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
   b. unintentional
   c. never ceasing; continual.
   d. not capable of being heard; not audible.
______ 16. incompetence
   a. to contain, as a whole contains its parts.
   b. the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
   c. not following logically; contradictory.
______ 17. inaugurate
   a. to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action
   b. to install in office with a formal ceremony.
   c. inconsequent; illogical.
______ 18. inconsequential
   a. of little or no consequence; not important.
   b. not credible; hard to believe; unbelievable
   c. inattentive, or resulting from inattention.
______ 19. inaudible
   a. incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
   b. inability or unwillingness to make a decision.
   c. an alphabetical listing of subjects, names, and the like in a book, with page numbers given for each item.
   d. not capable of being heard; not audible.
______ 20. include
   a. to take account of.
   b. never ceasing; continual.
   c. of little or no consequence; not important.
   d. not capable of being heard; not audible.
______ 21. inconsiderate
   a. the state or quality of being incompetent.
   b. acting without consideration; thoughtless; heedless.
   c. to have a mental tendency, preference, etc.; be disposed
   d. irrelevant.
______ 22. inadequate
   a. Psychiatry. ineffectual in response to emotional, social, intellectual, and physical demands in the absence of any obvious mental or physical deficiency.
   b. difficult or impossible to believe.
   c. not decipherable; illegible.
______ 23. incoherent
   a. unable to reason properly; irrational; rambling.
   b. insufficient or below standard.
   c. the perfume or smoke arising from such a substance when burned.
______ 24. indecision
   a. to tend, in a physical sense; approximate
   b. inability to decide.
   c. characterized by such thought or language, as a person
______ 25. index
   a. an alphabetical listing of subjects, names, and the like in a book, with page numbers given for each item.
   b. to move from or be angled away from a vertical or horizontal position; slant.
   c. not providing absolute proof.