| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | misgiving |
| a. to reduce the extremity, quantity, or strength of; moderate. | ||
| b. Often,"misgivings."a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension. | ||
| c. an unlucky or unfortunate happening; accident. | ||
| d. Chem., Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound. |
| ______ | 2. | modest |
| a. not boastful or outgoing; somewhat shy or reserved. | ||
| b. so small as to be almost negligible; tiny. | ||
| c. to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend |
| ______ | 3. | modify |
| a. to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend | ||
| b. having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions. | ||
| c. any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, etc., with spectacular speed. | ||
| d. utilizing motor vehicles for ready movement |
| ______ | 4. | mesmerize |
| a. to spellbind; fascinate. | ||
| b. to be misleading; tend to deceive | ||
| c. Mil. permanently equipped with vehicles for transport. |
| ______ | 5. | molecule |
| a. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to describe one thing in terms of another in a nonliteral way, such as "drowning in work". | ||
| b. to change habitat or location periodically as in response to changes in climate or employment opportunities. | ||
| c. a small mass, speck, or remnant of matter traveling through space or falling to earth, or the fiery streak in the sky made by the friction of its passage through the earth's atmosphere; meteorite or meteoroid. | ||
| d. a tiny piece or particle; bit. |
| ______ | 6. | mobile |
| a. capable of moving or being moved readily. | ||
| b. toughness of character; courage. | ||
| c. to spellbind; fascinate. | ||
| d. of medium quantity, extent, or amount |
| ______ | 7. | microbe |
| a. a feeling of regret, doubt, or apprehension. | ||
| b. to assemble, organize, or adapt (resources, facilities, or the like) for use or service, as in time of war. | ||
| c. a single atom or several atoms bound together electomagnetically, forming the smallest particle that possesses all the characteristic physical and chemical properties of an element or compound. | ||
| d. a microorganism, esp. a pathogenic bacterium. |
| ______ | 8. | misplace |
| a. conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance. | ||
| b. a feeling of regret, doubt, or apprehension. | ||
| c. a small, analogous example or representation of a larger system. | ||
| d. to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely |
| ______ | 9. | mettle |
| a. having or expressing a relatively low or moderate opinion of one's abilities, worth, importance, or the like. | ||
| b. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to describe one thing in terms of another in a nonliteral way, such as "drowning in work". | ||
| c. mediocre or fair | ||
| d. inherent temperament; character. |
| ______ | 10. | mischief |
| a. an error in understanding or conceiving; wrong notion or idea. | ||
| b. to hypnotize. | ||
| c. the quality or disposition that leads to such behavior. |
| ______ | 11. | moderate |
| a. a feeling of regret, doubt, or apprehension. | ||
| b. to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape. | ||
| c. kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense | ||
| d. to organize or adapt (industries, transportation facilities, etc.) for service to the government in time of war. |
| ______ | 12. | metaphor |
| a. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol. | ||
| b. to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely. | ||
| c. a feeling of regret, doubt, or apprehension. | ||
| d. an erroneous conception; mistaken notion. |
| ______ | 13. | microcosm |
| a. a feeling of regret, doubt, or apprehension. | ||
| b. a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm). | ||
| c. having or showing regard for the decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc.; decent |
| ______ | 14. | mimic |
| a. a single atom or several atoms bound together electomagnetically, forming the smallest particle that possesses all the characteristic physical and chemical properties of an element or compound. | ||
| b. to be the modifier or attribute of. | ||
| c. the study of the organization of the sciences and the methods of scientific inquiry. | ||
| d. to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape. |
| ______ | 15. | mishap |
| a. to move from one region into another. | ||
| b. an unlucky or unfortunate happening; accident. | ||
| c. very small. | ||
| d. any very small particle. |
| ______ | 16. | misconception |
| a. to imitate in a derogatory or derisive manner; ridicule or mock. | ||
| b. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in "A mighty fortress is our God." Cf."mixed metaphor, simile"(def. 1). | ||
| c. an erroneous conception; mistaken notion. |
| ______ | 17. | minuscule |
| a. so small as to be almost negligible; tiny. | ||
| b. conduct or behavior, esp. of a teasing or provoking sort, that causes annoyance and sometimes damage or injury. | ||
| c. (formerly) any atmospheric phenomenon, as hail or a typhoon. |
| ______ | 18. | mitigate |
| a. to lessen the force or impact of. | ||
| b. to be the modifier or attribute of. | ||
| c. Educ. a branch of pedagogics dealing with analysis and evaluation of subjects to be taught and of the methods of teaching them. | ||
| d. any microscopic life form, esp. considered as a cause of infection or disease. |
| ______ | 19. | miser |
| a. a stingy, avaricious person. | ||
| b. to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely. | ||
| c. not boastful or outgoing; somewhat shy or reserved. | ||
| d. an error in understanding or conceiving; wrong notion or idea. |
| ______ | 20. | mobilize |
| a. Often,"misgivings."a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension. | ||
| b. to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service. | ||
| c. to induce a hypnotic trance in; hypnotize. |
| ______ | 21. | meteor |
| a. Astron. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide. | ||
| b. able to move or be moved from one place or position to another. | ||
| c. to undervalue the importance or worth of. |
| ______ | 22. | minimize |
| a. to undervalue the importance or worth of. | ||
| b. to make less severe | ||
| c. courage and fortitude | ||
| d. to be misleading; tend to deceive |
| ______ | 23. | mislead |
| a. conduct or behavior, esp. of a teasing or provoking sort, that causes annoyance and sometimes damage or injury. | ||
| b. to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment. | ||
| c. Often,"misgivings."a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension. |
| ______ | 24. | methodology |
| a. to represent at the lowest possible amount, value, importance, influence, etc., esp. in a disparaging way; belittle. | ||
| b. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in "A mighty fortress is our God." Cf."mixed metaphor, simile"(def. 1). | ||
| c. to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely | ||
| d. a body of methods, principles, and rules used for a specific activity or branch of knowledge. |
| ______ | 25. | migrate |
| a. courage and fortitude | ||
| b. to pass periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds, fishes, and animals | ||
| c. utilizing motor vehicles for ready movement |