| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | primordial |
| a. to give up by formal declaration | ||
| b. to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), esp. publicly; retract. | ||
| c. fundamental or original. | ||
| d. celebrated; famous. |
| ______ | 2. | proficient |
| a. adept or skilled, usu. as a result of study or practice. | ||
| b. the distinctive, traceable odor given off by a person or animal. | ||
| c. being the only one of its kind; distinctive; unique |
| ______ | 3. | qualify |
| a. something that rouses or accelerates action, feeling, or thought. | ||
| b. to modify, esp. to limit by restating in more restricted terms. | ||
| c. an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, esp. a treaty, is prepared. | ||
| d. causing amplification of sound. |
| ______ | 4. | renovate |
| a. predominant | ||
| b. to put in good condition by repairing, remodeling, or the like; refurbish. | ||
| c. a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal. |
| ______ | 5. | sovereign |
| a. deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy. | ||
| b. a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler. | ||
| c. distant in time | ||
| d. to cause to make a squishing, sucking sound. |
| ______ | 6. | reflect |
| a. to give up or put aside voluntarily | ||
| b. proper or appropriate behavior. | ||
| c. (of an act or its result) to serve to cast or bring (credit, discredit, etc.) on its performer. | ||
| d. to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |
| ______ | 7. | recondite |
| a. hidden; obscure. | ||
| b. to oppose by contrary proof. | ||
| c. pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning |
| ______ | 8. | prose |
| a. threatening or foreshadowing evil, injury, or danger; menacing; ominous. | ||
| b. a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision. | ||
| c. ordinary or dull; prosy. | ||
| d. the rules pertaining to etiquette and ceremonial observances among diplomats, heads of state, and the military. |
| ______ | 9. | ravenous |
| a. clear; fair | ||
| b. very eager for satisfaction. | ||
| c. having widespread and dominant influence. |
| ______ | 10. | respiration |
| a. the right to take precedence in obtaining certain supplies, services, facilities, etc., esp. during a shortage. | ||
| b. careful in providing for the future; provident | ||
| c. to overcome or overthrow. | ||
| d. the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. |
| ______ | 11. | quiescent |
| a. occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space. | ||
| b. in a state of inaction or rest; dormant. | ||
| c. a small, light knife with a thin sharp blade, used. esp. in surgical operations. |
| ______ | 12. | seclusion |
| a. a royal kingdom; domain. | ||
| b. a secluded place. | ||
| c. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation. | ||
| d. (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional |
| ______ | 13. | solitary |
| a. reluctant or restrained. | ||
| b. alone; without companions; unattended | ||
| c. offensively confident of or satisfied with oneself; complacent. |
| ______ | 14. | proverb |
| a. a person or thing that is commonly regarded as an embodiment or representation of some quality; byword. | ||
| b. very sweet to the taste; sugary | ||
| c. the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being thus secluded. | ||
| d. of or pertaining to the sun |
| ______ | 15. | proliferate |
| a. to spread or increase quickly. | ||
| b. to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. | ||
| c. of or like a renegade; traitorous. |
| ______ | 16. | quench |
| a. a false name adopted by someone, esp. an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. | ||
| b. to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water. | ||
| c. any of various devices used to reach, extend, or explore into areas of difficult access, usu. to provide information or to aid in regulating some process. |
| ______ | 17. | rustic |
| a. to remove or separate. | ||
| b. like or characteristic of rural areas, customs, artifacts, and the like; unsophisticated; simple; uncouth. | ||
| c. ordinary or dull; prosy. | ||
| d. full of splendor; radiant; shining. |
| ______ | 18. | proposition |
| a. a high cliff projecting into a large body of water, or a similar projection above a lowland. | ||
| b. something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement. | ||
| c. anything presented for the purpose of discussion or evaluation. |
| ______ | 19. | procrastinate |
| a. to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service. | ||
| b. to put off taking an action or doing a task; delay. | ||
| c. something that rouses or accelerates action, feeling, or thought. |
| ______ | 20. | revert |
| a. to oppose by contrary proof. | ||
| b. of a dark shade or condition. | ||
| c. that which provides an example, as by being the standard or worthy of emulation. | ||
| d. in law, to be returned to the original owner or his or her heirs. |
| ______ | 21. | provincial |
| a. to make a perfect adjustment or calibration of (something). | ||
| b. having the unsophisticated characteristics and manners attributed to people from the provinces; not fashionable. | ||
| c. Cookery. something savory or appetizing added to a meal, as pickles or olives.a sweet pickle made of various vegetables, usually chopped or minced.an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre. | ||
| d. a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
| ______ | 22. | profess |
| a. secretive, surreptitious, or covert movement or procedure; sneakiness; furtiveness. | ||
| b. (in ancient Egypt)a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion.(usually cap.) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza. | ||
| c. gravely or somberly impressive; causing serious thoughts or a grave mood | ||
| d. to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge |
| ______ | 23. | protocol |
| a. the rules pertaining to etiquette and ceremonial observances among diplomats, heads of state, and the military. | ||
| b. a short phrase used to summarize a principle or political message or to advertise a product; motto. | ||
| c. to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.). |
| ______ | 24. | recuperate |
| a. to give a sharp reprimand to; criticize. | ||
| b. to recover one's health after an illness. | ||
| c. contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc. |
| ______ | 25. | regress |
| a. bad, evil, base, or wicked; fell | ||
| b. to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. | ||
| c. a fourteen-line poem that usu. rhymes, often in accordance with one or another of certain traditional patterns. | ||
| d. the right to take precedence in obtaining certain supplies, services, facilities, etc., esp. during a shortage. |