| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | repugnant |
| a. extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting. | ||
| b. to continue to hold or have | ||
| c. shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid | ||
| d. something revealed or disclosed, esp. a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized. |
| ______ | 2. | retract |
| a. to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal. | ||
| b. to take back (something said or written) as incorrect or regretted. | ||
| c. reluctant or restrained. | ||
| d. opposed or contrary, as in nature or character. |
| ______ | 3. | retrospect |
| a. reflection on the past or on past events or achievements. | ||
| b. extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting. | ||
| c. shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid |
| ______ | 4. | reprieve |
| a. a resolve or determination | ||
| b. opposed or contrary, as in nature or character. | ||
| c. to release (someone) temporarily or permanently from planned or impending punishment, pain, or difficulty. |
| ______ | 5. | resolution |
| a. the act of breathing. | ||
| b. to keep possession of. | ||
| c. to restore (a person or animal) to consciousness. | ||
| d. a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Cf."concurrent resolution, joint resolution." |
| ______ | 6. | revere |
| a. to give new life to. | ||
| b. to cause feelings of repulsion in | ||
| c. to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate | ||
| d. to draw back within itself or oneself, fold up, or the like, or to be capable of doing this |
| ______ | 7. | resplendent |
| a. to continue to use, practice, etc. | ||
| b. a severe reproof or rebuke, esp. a formal one by a person in authority. | ||
| c. to return like for like, esp. evil for evil | ||
| d. shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid |
| ______ | 8. | revelation |
| a. pertaining to resonance. | ||
| b. full of splendor; radiant; shining. | ||
| c. in Christianity, the making known of God to the world; divine manifestation. | ||
| d. to draw back or in |
| ______ | 9. | retroactive |
| a. Math. formed by the subtraction of one quantity from another | ||
| b. going into operation or effect as of a previous date, or in respect to past events or circumstances. | ||
| c. Biol. to return to an earlier or primitive type. | ||
| d. to take back (something said or written) as incorrect or regretted. |
| ______ | 10. | revitalize |
| a. to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate | ||
| b. to reprove or rebuke severely, esp. in a formal way. | ||
| c. to give new vitality or vigor to. |
| ______ | 11. | retain |
| a. to have in mind; be able to recall. | ||
| b. to infuse with new health, vigor, or vitality. | ||
| c. to take back (something said or written) as incorrect or regretted. |
| ______ | 12. | reticent |
| a. to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate | ||
| b. to draw back within itself or oneself, fold up, or the like, or to be capable of doing this | ||
| c. reluctant to speak; not given to frequent speech; restrained; shy. | ||
| d. characterized by an attitude of submission or passive acceptance. |
| ______ | 13. | residual |
| a. to look back in thought; refer back (often fol. by to) | ||
| b. full of splendor; radiant; shining. | ||
| c. of or pertaining to the payment of residuals. |
| ______ | 14. | resurgence |
| a. something that is revealed, esp. something not realized or understood before. | ||
| b. a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death. | ||
| c. surging or rising once again; coming back. | ||
| d. submissive or acquiescent. |
| ______ | 15. | respite |
| a. full of splendor; radiant; shining. | ||
| b. to force backward or repel (an attack or the like). | ||
| c. to relieve temporarily, esp. from anything distressing or trying; give an interval of relief from. |
| ______ | 16. | retaliate |
| a. remaining behind as a residue; left over. | ||
| b. to maintain possession or use of. | ||
| c. to strike back in kind; take revenge. |
| ______ | 17. | revive |
| a. to strike back in kind; take revenge. | ||
| b. mental firmness, determination, or resolve. | ||
| c. pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover. | ||
| d. to update or bring back into use. |
| ______ | 18. | repulse |
| a. opposed or contrary, as in nature or character. | ||
| b. to drive back; repel | ||
| c. temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve. | ||
| d. in biology, to show characteristics typical of earlier generations, earlier stages in development, or more primitive types. |
| ______ | 19. | reprehensible |
| a. to force backward or repel (an attack or the like). | ||
| b. deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. | ||
| c. temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve. | ||
| d. to give new life to. |
| ______ | 20. | revert |
| a. in law, to be returned to the original owner or his or her heirs. | ||
| b. temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve. | ||
| c. in animals and plants, the process by which oxygen is taken in and used and carbon dioxide is emitted. |
| ______ | 21. | resigned |
| a. characterized by an attitude of submission or passive acceptance. | ||
| b. to continue to use, practice, etc. | ||
| c. to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person). | ||
| d. reflection on the past or on past events or achievements. |
| ______ | 22. | reprimand |
| a. a strong, usu. formal statement of disapproval; rebuke. | ||
| b. operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective | ||
| c. to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person). |
| ______ | 23. | rescind |
| a. to infuse with new health, vigor, or vitality. | ||
| b. a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Cf."concurrent resolution, joint resolution." | ||
| c. to take back or make invalid; revoke. | ||
| d. characterized by an attitude of submission or passive acceptance. |
| ______ | 24. | respiration |
| a. characterized by or indicative of resignation. | ||
| b. to take back or make invalid; revoke. | ||
| c. to infuse with new health, vigor, or vitality. | ||
| d. Biol. the sum total of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which oxygen is conveyed to tissues and cells, and the oxidation products, carbon dioxide and water, are given off.an analogous chemical process, as in muscle cells or in anaerobic bacteria, occurring in the absence of oxygen. |
| ______ | 25. | resonant |
| a. to relieve temporarily from any evil. | ||
| b. causing amplification of sound. | ||
| c. shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid | ||
| d. a solution or satisfactory end to a quarrel, conflict, or legal dispute. |