Lesson 35   -   edHelper.com

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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______	1.	mosaic
		a. in a dying state; near death.
		b. a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
		c. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.

______	2.	mutual
		a. having the same relation each toward the other
		b. of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth.
		c. 3. to meditate on.

______	3.	moribund
		a. not growing or advancing; stagnant.
		b. the act or process of changing.
		c. indicating a number or quantity less than zero. (Cf. positive.)
		d. characterizing a sound continuing on one note.

______	4.	momentum
		a. ten thousand.
		b. in physics, a quantity that characterizes the motion of a body, equal to its mass multiplied by its velocity.
		c. a large orange, black, and white migratory butterfly.
		d. careless or casual.

______	5.	muster
		a. to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
		b. in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death.
		c. of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace.
		d. a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change.

______	6.	monarch
		a. inclined to revolt or disobey; hard to control; rebellious.
		b. composed of innumerable elements, stages, aspects, or the like.
		c. a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.

______	7.	myth
		a. pertaining to, affected by, causing, or characteristic of sickness.
		b. a story or belief, or body of stories or beliefs, that has no demonstrated basis in fact but is accepted as true without examination or investigation.
		c. expressing refusal to do something

______	8.	mural
		a. the systematic search for and study of myths.
		b. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
		c. a picture, usu. large in scale, painted on or made a part of a wall or ceiling.

______	9.	mundane
		a. of great or far-reaching importance or consequence
		b. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the earthly world; worldly or temporal, as opposed to spiritual.
		c. to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.

______	10.	negligent
		a. to gather up or call forth (often fol. by up).
		b. of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth.
		c. guilty of neglecting, or tending to neglect.

______	11.	morality
		a. moral quality or character.
		b. showing little or no variation in pitch; monotone.
		c. lazily careless; offhand

______	12.	morbid
		a. in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death.
		b. to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
		c. a particular doctrine or moral system.

______	13.	neurology
		a. to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
		b. the science of the nerves and the nervous system, esp. of the diseases affecting them.
		c. a person or thing that holds a dominant position

______	14.	negotiate
		a. of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth.
		b. of great or far-reaching importance or consequence
		c. the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system and diseases that affect it.
		d. to bargain or come to terms with another party or parties.

______	15.	morose
		a. lazily careless; offhand
		b. to gather up or call forth (often fol. by up).
		c. stories or matter of this kind
		d. characterized by or expressing gloom.

______	16.	mythology
		a. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
		b. the systematic search for and study of myths.
		c. to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms

______	17.	monotonous
		a. guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty
		b. having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range.
		c. indicating a number or quantity less than zero. (Cf. positive.)
		d. of very great significance or importance.

______	18.	mortify
		a. uninteresting due to lack of variation; tedious.
		b. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the earthly world; worldly or temporal, as opposed to spiritual.
		c. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.

______	19.	myriad
		a. ten thousand.
		b. to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
		c. an organism or trait produced by mutating.

______	20.	negative
		a. a picture, usu. large in scale, painted on or made a part of a wall or ceiling.
		b. expressing refusal to do something
		c. the science of the nerves and the nervous system, esp. of the diseases affecting them.
		d. of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly

______	21.	mutation
		a. of an indefinitely great number; innumerable
		b. the act or process of changing.
		c. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
		d. of or pertaining to each of two or more; held in common; shared

______	22.	muse
		a. a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
		b. to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
		c. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
		d. of or pertaining to each of two or more; held in common; shared

______	23.	mutinous
		a. concerning, inclined to, or engaged in a mutiny.
		b. a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change.
		c. not growing or advancing; stagnant.

______	24.	narrate
		a. lacking positive qualities; pessimistic.
		b. to give an account or tell the tale of; relate.
		c. gloomy or sullen.
		d. in a dying state; near death.

______	25.	momentous
		a. not growing or advancing; stagnant.
		b. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
		c. of very great significance or importance.
		d. to gather up or call forth (often fol. by up).