Lesson 29   -   edHelper.com
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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______ 1. integrate
   a. devoted to study, speculation, and abstract mental activity.
   b. one who uses armed force to rebel against one's own government.
   c. to bring together and blend into a whole.
______ 2. inhibit
   a. to prohibit; forbid.
   b. necessary to the completeness of the whole
   c. to unite or combine.
   d. operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect
______ 3. insipid
   a. without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland
   b. to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time
   c. to cause by incitement; foment
   d. not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable
______ 4. innate
   a. to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment.
   b. dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness.
   c. of the essential nature of something.
   d. a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party.
______ 5. inscrutable
   a. impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious.
   b. originating solely in the mind and not from experience.
   c. the power of mind to grasp an essential meaning or truth.
______ 6. insurgent
   a. a member of a group, esp. a political party, who rebels against its policies.
   b. the power of mind to grasp an essential meaning or truth.
   c. to prevent or forbid.
______ 7. initiate
   a. difficulty in getting to sleep, esp. as a persistent problem.
   b. inherent in the essential character of something
   c. to introduce into the knowledge of some art or subject.
______ 8. inlet
   a. an introductory act or step; leading action
   b. having no annoying, offending, or harmful qualities; innocuous.
   c. a place of admission; entrance.
   d. without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland
______ 9. innovate
   a. to propose or implement a new method, approach, idea, or the like; make inventive changes.
   b. stealthily treacherous or deceitful
   c. not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable
______ 10. integrity
   a. the condition of being whole and undamaged; soundness.
   b. a specific instance of this power.
   c. a member of a group, esp. a political party, who rebels against its policies.
   d. the power, ability, or energy to organize or actively carry through a plan.
______ 11. integral
   a. not objectionable, as to the senses
   b. composed of parts which when integrated create a whole.
   c. occurring at an undesirable or unreasonable time.
   d. the initial or leading action in a process.
______ 12. inoffensive
   a. having great mental capacity.
   b. serving as an essential part of the whole; inherent; constituent.
   c. to prevent or forbid.
   d. causing no harm, trouble, or annoyance
______ 13. insidious
   a. dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness.
   b. not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable
   c. to cause to be introduced by subtle and indirect means.
   d. not capable of causing damage; harmless.
______ 14. insight
   a. Psychol. to consciously or unconsciously suppress or restrain (psychologically or sociologically unacceptable behavior).
   b. a specific instance of this power.
   c. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid
______ 15. innocuous
   a. to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind
   b. Photog. to increase the density and contrast of (a negative) chemically.
   c. an introductory act or step; leading action
   d. not harmful or injurious; harmless
______ 16. insolvent
   a. of or concerning one who cannot pay debts.
   b. a passage, channel, or opening that serves as an entrance, as for fluid into a large tank.
   c. to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment.
______ 17. intense
   a. not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable
   b. difficulty in getting to sleep, esp. as a persistent problem.
   c. acute, strong, or vehement, as sensations, feelings, or emotions
______ 18. inopportune
   a. not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable
   b. inability to obtain sufficient sleep, esp. when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
   c. possessing or showing intellect or mental capacity, esp. to a high degree
______ 19. intensify
   a. composed of parts which when integrated create a whole.
   b. to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
   c. to make intense or more intense.
   d. seemingly or outwardly harmless, but actually very dangerous.
______ 20. insomnia
   a. strong or profound in effect.
   b. a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, esp. a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.
   c. difficulty in getting to sleep, esp. as a persistent problem.
   d. to cause to be introduced by subtle and indirect means.
______ 21. instigate
   a. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid
   b. Psychol. an understanding of relationships that sheds light on or helps solve a problem.(in psychotherapy) the recognition of sources of emotional difficulty.an understanding of the motivational forces behind one's actions, thoughts, or behavior; self-knowledge.
   c. to cause by incitement; foment
______ 22. insinuate
   a. to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
   b. to cause to be introduced by subtle and indirect means.
   c. so many as to be impossible to count; countless.
______ 23. initiative
   a. composed of parts which when integrated create a whole.
   b. not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable
   c. in government, a process whereby voters can propose legislation directly.
______ 24. intellectual
   a. having great mental capacity.
   b. composed of parts which when integrated create a whole.
   c. to propose or implement a new method, approach, idea, or the like; make inventive changes.
   d. intended to entrap or beguile
______ 25. innumerable
   a. the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished
   b. incapable of being counted; countless.
   c. a specific instance of this power.