| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | intolerant |
| a. easily angered or irritated; short-tempered. | ||
| b. to occur or happen between other events or periods | ||
| c. (of things) hard to shape or work with | ||
| d. unable or unwilling to accept the existence or validity of opinions, beliefs, customs, and practices different from one's own; not tolerant. |
| ______ | 2. | invariable |
| a. something known or apprehended in this way. | ||
| b. not variable; not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant. | ||
| c. resolutely fearless; dauntless |
| ______ | 3. | interchangeable |
| a. (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other | ||
| b. unable or unwilling to endure (usu. fol. by of). | ||
| c. endless or seemingly endless; monotonously long. | ||
| d. to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate. |
| ______ | 4. | intrepid |
| a. feeling or showing no fear; courageous; bold. | ||
| b. to act as a mediator in a dispute or disagreement. | ||
| c. something known or apprehended in this way. | ||
| d. to use, give, or devote (time, talent, etc.), as for a purpose or to achieve something |
| ______ | 5. | intervene |
| a. not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate | ||
| b. to interfere in the social, political, or military affairs of another country, as with threats or military force. | ||
| c. having no limits |
| ______ | 6. | invulnerable |
| a. a railing accusation; vituperation. | ||
| b. incapable of being injured or damaged. | ||
| c. to endow with authority or with a specified quality. |
| ______ | 7. | introspective |
| a. situated or existing in the interior of something; interior. | ||
| b. causing annoyance; bothersome or tiresome. | ||
| c. to examine or consider one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations. |
| ______ | 8. | interminable |
| a. occurring at intervals; alternately stopping and starting. | ||
| b. to cover or overspread with water, esp. a very large amount; flood. | ||
| c. to use (money), as in accumulating something | ||
| d. incapable of being terminated; unending |
| ______ | 9. | intricate |
| a. incapable of being injured or damaged. | ||
| b. having many complexly interrelated parts, angles, or aspects; involved; elaborate. | ||
| c. contrast between expectation and outcome, or an event or situation that contains such contrast. |
| ______ | 10. | irksome |
| a. the aggregate value of a stock of goods. | ||
| b. causing annoyance; bothersome or tiresome. | ||
| c. incapable of being terminated; unending |
| ______ | 11. | invective |
| a. to examine or consider one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations. | ||
| b. occurring at intervals; alternately stopping and starting. | ||
| c. strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. |
| ______ | 12. | irascible |
| a. to examine or consider one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations. | ||
| b. an extremely small amount. | ||
| c. to cover or overspread with water, esp. a very large amount; flood. | ||
| d. easily angered or irritated; short-tempered. |
| ______ | 13. | invaluable |
| a. having value too great to estimate or measure; priceless. | ||
| b. to examine or consider one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations. | ||
| c. of, pertaining to, or noting the inside or inner part. |
| ______ | 14. | intermittent |
| a. to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value. | ||
| b. having no limits | ||
| c. a railing accusation; vituperation. | ||
| d. stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again |
| ______ | 15. | interpret |
| a. to deprive of legal force or efficacy; nullify. | ||
| b. to overwhelm | ||
| c. to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate | ||
| d. stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again |
| ______ | 16. | invalidate |
| a. to overwhelm | ||
| b. strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. | ||
| c. to make invalid; deprive of force or effect. |
| ______ | 17. | inundate |
| a. direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension. | ||
| b. to put (money or property) into use to gain profit or interest. | ||
| c. to understand in a particular way. | ||
| d. to overwhelm |
| ______ | 18. | inventory |
| a. strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. | ||
| b. to intervene or speak on behalf of another. | ||
| c. an assessment or tally of personal characteristics, skills, or the like. | ||
| d. annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome |
| ______ | 19. | irony |
| a. See"Socratic irony." | ||
| b. to overwhelm | ||
| c. monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant | ||
| d. an extremely small amount. |
| ______ | 20. | invest |
| a. to endow with authority or with a specified quality. | ||
| b. a sharp, quick insight. | ||
| c. alternately functioning and not functioning or alternately functioning properly and improperly. |
| ______ | 21. | intractable |
| a. having many complexly interrelated parts, angles, or aspects; involved; elaborate. | ||
| b. not easily treated, relieved, or cured. | ||
| c. to occur or happen between other events or periods | ||
| d. a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern. |
| ______ | 22. | intercede |
| a. (of one thing) capable of replacing or changing places with something else | ||
| b. to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition | ||
| c. to examine or consider one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations. |
| ______ | 23. | iota |
| a. a sharp, quick insight. | ||
| b. the name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. | ||
| c. of one thing, able to replace or be replaced by another thing. |
| ______ | 24. | internal |
| a. direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension. | ||
| b. causing annoyance; bothersome or tiresome. | ||
| c. having value too great to estimate or measure; priceless. | ||
| d. of or pertaining to the inside of a body. |
| ______ | 25. | intuition |
| a. contrast between expectation and outcome, or an event or situation that contains such contrast. | ||
| b. something known or apprehended in this way. | ||
| c. incapable of being injured or damaged. |