| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | immeasurable |
| a. impossible to measure; without limit. | ||
| b. anything that is inherited or passed down from ancestors or predecessors. | ||
| c. unfaithfulness; disloyalty. |
| ______ | 2. | immutable |
| a. to withdraw or be in seclusion; retire. | ||
| b. not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. | ||
| c. a bill or proposal enacted into law by a governing body. | ||
| d. a point or matter in question or under discussion. |
| ______ | 3. | ignominy |
| a. to beg urgently of (someone) or for (something); beseech. | ||
| b. behavior or a quality that merits disgrace or dishonor. | ||
| c. the state of being irrigated. |
| ______ | 4. | initiative |
| a. easy to understand; lucid; clear. | ||
| b. in government, a process whereby voters can propose legislation directly. | ||
| c. monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant |
| ______ | 5. | internal |
| a. expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion | ||
| b. having many complexly interrelated parts, angles, or aspects; involved; elaborate. | ||
| c. to spend. | ||
| d. Pharm. oral (def. 4). |
| ______ | 6. | incongruous |
| a. unfaithfulness; disloyalty. | ||
| b. inconsistent | ||
| c. to make poor; cause to live in poverty. |
| ______ | 7. | indistinguishable |
| a. indiscernible; imperceptible. | ||
| b. of an extreme kind; very great, as in strength, keenness, severity, or the like | ||
| c. not capable of causing damage; harmless. | ||
| d. not based on reason or logic; illogical. |
| ______ | 8. | lavish |
| a. lack of religious faith, esp. Christian faith. | ||
| b. to shut up or confine (an animal) in a pound. | ||
| c. deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable | ||
| d. abundant or expensive; extravagant. |
| ______ | 9. | insidious |
| a. a law or a body of laws enacted. | ||
| b. intended to entrap or beguile | ||
| c. unable or unwilling to accept the existence or validity of opinions, beliefs, customs, and practices different from one's own; not tolerant. |
| ______ | 10. | immoderate |
| a. beyond reasonable or appropriate limits; excessive. | ||
| b. inherent in the essential character of something | ||
| c. to demonstrate (something) to be true or valid. | ||
| d. Psychol. to consciously or unconsciously suppress or restrain (psychologically or sociologically unacceptable behavior). |
| ______ | 11. | incline |
| a. lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness. | ||
| b. to move from or be angled away from a vertical or horizontal position; slant. | ||
| c. in rhetoric, an obvious and deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, intended for effect and not to be taken literally, such as "He had a million excuses". (Cf. litotes). |
| ______ | 12. | illusion |
| a. unavoidable, regardless of the circumstances; certain to occur. | ||
| b. continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending | ||
| c. to provide or brighten with or as if with light; light up; make radiant. | ||
| d. something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality. |
| ______ | 13. | index |
| a. a lack of seriousness; light, humorous, or foolish behavior or attitude. | ||
| b. to reduce to poverty | ||
| c. to sharpen on a hone | ||
| d. (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. |
| ______ | 14. | inaudible |
| a. not audible; incapable of being heard. | ||
| b. the state or quality of being incompetent. | ||
| c. mental pictures collectively. |
| ______ | 15. | insinuate |
| a. to make less effective or valuable; diminish or damage. | ||
| b. the act or process of passing laws. | ||
| c. to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind |
| ______ | 16. | infidelity |
| a. unfaithfulness, esp. to marital vows; adultery. | ||
| b. free of any moral impurity; sinless. | ||
| c. to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole. | ||
| d. to take fire; begin to burn. |
| ______ | 17. | inadequate |
| a. insufficient or below standard. | ||
| b. extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering | ||
| c. so extraordinary as to seem impossible | ||
| d. belonging to or existing in someone or some organism from the time of birth; inborn. |
| ______ | 18. | image |
| a. an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire. | ||
| b. inability or unwillingness to make a decision. | ||
| c. a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible. | ||
| d. having or expressing great joy; exultant. |
| ______ | 19. | indifferent |
| a. to beg urgently of (someone) or for (something); beseech. | ||
| b. an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard | ||
| c. not particularly good or bad; mediocre. |
| ______ | 20. | ingenious |
| a. to lose vigor and vitality. | ||
| b. unavoidable, regardless of the circumstances; certain to occur. | ||
| c. characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction |
| ______ | 21. | hyperbole |
| a. very numerous. | ||
| b. obvious and intentional exaggeration. | ||
| c. inability to obtain sufficient sleep, esp. when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness. |
| ______ | 22. | inertia |
| a. something that is sent out or put forth in any form. | ||
| b. a bill or proposal enacted into law by a governing body. | ||
| c. 4. to give (someone) as a hostage | ||
| d. Physics. the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force.an analogous property of a force |
| ______ | 23. | innocuous |
| a. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress | ||
| b. to soothe or quiet. | ||
| c. having no interest or value; insipid. | ||
| d. a law or a body of laws enacted. |
| ______ | 24. | heterogeneous |
| a. to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize | ||
| b. brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works | ||
| c. made up of parts that differ from each other; dissimilar. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| ______ | 25. | impound |
| a. to seize and retain in custody of the law, as a document for evidence. | ||
| b. proof against or immune to attack | ||
| c. different in nature; not belonging together; incongruous. | ||
| d. feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base |