| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | tome |
| a. a book, esp. a very heavy, large, or learned book. | ||
| b. easily seen through or detected; obvious. | ||
| c. a self-evident, obvious truth. |
| ______ | 2. | tidings |
| a. an unsteady or quavering effect, as of light or sound. | ||
| b. a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet | ||
| c. news, information, or intelligence |
| ______ | 3. | undertaking |
| a. the act of one who undertakes. | ||
| b. (sometimes used with a sing. verb) news or information. | ||
| c. trembling or quivering movement; tremor. |
| ______ | 4. | tinge |
| a. the act of one who undertakes. | ||
| b. a slight degree of coloration. | ||
| c. to reproduce (music) in a higher or lower key than that in which it was written. |
| ______ | 5. | topical |
| a. pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest | ||
| b. trembling or quivering movement; tremor. | ||
| c. to gradually and secretly or imperceptibly weaken and destroy. |
| ______ | 6. | unassuming |
| a. to gradually and secretly or imperceptibly weaken and destroy. | ||
| b. a theatrical or musical company, esp. one that travels. | ||
| c. staying only a short time | ||
| d. without airs or pretensions; modest; reserved. |
| ______ | 7. | trepidation |
| a. the business or tasks of an undertaker or mortician. | ||
| b. a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation | ||
| c. a quiver or vibration. |
| ______ | 8. | truism |
| a. a self-evident, obvious truth. | ||
| b. the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility. | ||
| c. a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation | ||
| d. to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| ______ | 9. | turmoil |
| a. (sometimes used with a sing. verb) news or information. | ||
| b. a long, forceful, or angry speech, often critical or denunciatory in nature; harangue. | ||
| c. a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet |
| ______ | 10. | tirade |
| a. a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation | ||
| b. a self-evident statement; platitude. | ||
| c. anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally |
| ______ | 11. | trajectory |
| a. to travel as a member of a theatrical company; barnstorm. | ||
| b. the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight. | ||
| c. to move (an algebraic term) from one side of an equation to another, thus reversing its sign. |
| ______ | 12. | tributary |
| a. the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility. | ||
| b. (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream or other body of water. | ||
| c. ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |
| ______ | 13. | undermine |
| a. in medicine, of, pertaining to, or designed for a particular part of the body. | ||
| b. to make an excavation under; dig or tunnel beneath, as a military stronghold. | ||
| c. not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory. | ||
| d. to travel as a member of a theatrical company; barnstorm. |
| ______ | 14. | tremor |
| a. a detailed and formal written work, usu. dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. | ||
| b. any tremulous or vibratory movement; vibration | ||
| c. news, information, or intelligence |
| ______ | 15. | tonic |
| a. anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally | ||
| b. a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay. | ||
| c. a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry |
| ______ | 16. | treatise |
| a. a detailed and formal written work, usu. dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. | ||
| b. not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial. | ||
| c. a book, esp. a very heavy, large, or learned book. |
| ______ | 17. | transparent |
| a. having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen. | ||
| b. trembling or quivering movement; tremor. | ||
| c. a river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream, or into a lake. |
| ______ | 18. | trite |
| a. to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect. | ||
| b. ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. | ||
| c. a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. | ||
| d. a river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream, or into a lake. |
| ______ | 19. | unbiased |
| a. a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet | ||
| b. without bias, prejudice, or partiality. | ||
| c. a medicine with this effect. | ||
| d. a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry |
| ______ | 20. | transition |
| a. the first note of a diatonic musical scale; keynote. | ||
| b. change from one position, stage, or situation to another. | ||
| c. ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |
| ______ | 21. | tranquil |
| a. the business or tasks of an undertaker or mortician. | ||
| b. free from turmoil, disruption, noise, or agitation; calm, steady, or peaceful. | ||
| c. of a place; local. | ||
| d. staying only a short time |
| ______ | 22. | unanimous |
| a. in complete agreement, as a number or group of people. | ||
| b. not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial. | ||
| c. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water. |
| ______ | 23. | transpose |
| a. to impart a faint or slight trace of something to. | ||
| b. to exchange the position or order of (two things). | ||
| c. without airs or pretensions; modest; reserved. | ||
| d. (sometimes used with a sing. verb) news or information. |
| ______ | 24. | transient |
| a. a state of great agitation, disturbance, or confused excitement; commotion; tumult. | ||
| b. not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory. | ||
| c. a detailed and formal written work, usu. dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. | ||
| d. a large thick book, often one of a multivolume scholarly work. |
| ______ | 25. | troupe |
| a. to travel as a member of a theatrical company; barnstorm. | ||
| b. See quinine water. | ||
| c. to exchange the position or order of (two things). |