| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | partisan |
| a. to spread or be diffused throughout; pervade. | ||
| b. a person who is strongly or actively devoted to some cause, idea, group, or person. | ||
| c. cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent | ||
| d. an animal or plant that lives on or in another organism and draws sustenance from it. |
| ______ | 2. | palpable |
| a. Med. perceptible by palpation. | ||
| b. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness | ||
| c. to turn aside; evade or dodge |
| ______ | 3. | passive |
| a. not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling. | ||
| b. (in ancient Greece) a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc. | ||
| c. to make perpetual. | ||
| d. to parry a thrust, blow, etc. |
| ______ | 4. | pedestrian |
| a. a person who goes or travels on foot; walker. | ||
| b. a statement that contradicts or seems to contradict itself, yet often expresses a truth, such as "Less is more". | ||
| c. of or concerning a church parish. |
| ______ | 5. | paucity |
| a. to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner | ||
| b. cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent | ||
| c. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness |
| ______ | 6. | peninsula |
| a. lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. | ||
| b. a humorous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication. | ||
| c. "the Peninsula,"Spain and Portugal together; Iberian Peninsula; Iberia.a district in SE Virginia between the York and James rivers: Civil War battles. |
| ______ | 7. | pensive |
| a. expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness | ||
| b. to be guilty of (an act or the result of an act). | ||
| c. to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with. | ||
| d. narrow or limited in scope or viewpoint; provincial. |
| ______ | 8. | peevish |
| a. showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood | ||
| b. a burlesque imitation of a musical composition. | ||
| c. to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with. |
| ______ | 9. | perpetrate |
| a. an assertion that contradicts itself, yet follows from logical reasoning. | ||
| b. to commit | ||
| c. an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment. |
| ______ | 10. | patronize |
| a. to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert. | ||
| b. offering no resistance; submissive; compliant. | ||
| c. to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with. | ||
| d. to commit |
| ______ | 11. | perpetuate |
| a. to serve as a guardian, supporter, or sponsor of. | ||
| b. to parry a thrust, blow, etc. | ||
| c. to cause to last or be remembered. |
| ______ | 12. | perennial |
| a. to be guilty of (an act or the result of an act). | ||
| b. a statement that contradicts or seems to contradict itself, yet often expresses a truth, such as "Less is more". | ||
| c. lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. |
| ______ | 13. | permeate |
| a. to penetrate through the pores, interstices, etc., of. | ||
| b. to act as a patron toward (an artist, institution, etc.); support. | ||
| c. a humorous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication. | ||
| d. capable of being traversed, crossed, or passed through. |
| ______ | 14. | panacea |
| a. smallness of number or amount; scarcity. | ||
| b. a self-contradictory and false proposition. | ||
| c. going on foot. | ||
| d. an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties |
| ______ | 15. | passable |
| a. adequate; acceptable | ||
| b. to deflect or knock aside (a blow or stroke), as with one's weapon in fencing. | ||
| c. to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
| ______ | 16. | parochial |
| a. to serve as a guardian, supporter, or sponsor of. | ||
| b. a poor or ridiculous attempt at something serious; travesty. | ||
| c. of or pertaining to parochial schools or the education they provide. |
| ______ | 17. | pauper |
| a. (of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years. | ||
| b. going or performed on foot; walking. | ||
| c. a poor or ridiculous attempt at something serious; travesty. | ||
| d. an extremely poor person, esp. one who must live on public charity. |
| ______ | 18. | paranoia |
| a. to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward | ||
| b. having prejudice; biased. | ||
| c. a severe mental disorder marked by persistent and very exaggerated delusions of being grand or important, or of being persecuted by others. |
| ______ | 19. | parody |
| a. showing little thought or interest. | ||
| b. a statement that contradicts or seems to contradict itself, yet often expresses a truth, such as "Less is more". | ||
| c. a poor or ridiculous attempt at something serious; travesty. |
| ______ | 20. | penchant |
| a. a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something | ||
| b. a person without any means of support, esp. a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity. | ||
| c. easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| ______ | 21. | parry |
| a. acceptable without being exceptional; adequate. | ||
| b. to parry a thrust, blow, etc. | ||
| c. to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with. | ||
| d. receiving an action without acting in return. |
| ______ | 22. | partial |
| a. having prejudice; biased. | ||
| b. lasting throughout the year, for many years, or indefinitely; constant. | ||
| c. to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert. |
| ______ | 23. | perfunctory |
| a. a person who receives benefits or hospitality from others but does not give anything in return. | ||
| b. showing little thought or interest. | ||
| c. offering no resistance; submissive; compliant. |
| ______ | 24. | parasite |
| a. biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another, as in a controversy | ||
| b. a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something | ||
| c. a person who receives benefits or hospitality from others but does not give anything in return. |
| ______ | 25. | paradox |
| a. Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission. | ||
| b. an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, esp. a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance. | ||
| c. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature. | ||
| d. an area of land surrounded on nearly all sides by water, and connected to a mainland by a usu. narrow strip of land. |