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Unit 3 Vocabulary Test

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of 48 available terms

5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. HYPO/HYP
  2. disseminate
  3. dissipate
  4. modus operandi
  5. modus vivendi
  1. a A usual way of doing something.
  2. b To spread widely as if by sowing seeds.
  3. c A practical compromise or arrangement that is acceptable to all concerned; a way of life.
  4. d To cause to spread out to the point of vanishing; disperse. To spend wastefully or foolishly; squander.
  5. e Root word: Under, beneath, down, below normal

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Lasting only a day only; lasting a very short time.
  2. One of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning, derivation, or spelling.
  3. A descriptive word or phrase occurring with or in place of the name of a person or thing; an insulting or demeaning word or phrase.
  4. The region in a body of water that divides the warmer, oxygen-rich surface layer from the colder, oxygen-poor deep water.
  5. By right of law.

5 True/False Questions

  1. ad hocMarked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the arguments made or the issues raised.

          

  2. polymerA chemical compound formed by a reaction in which two or more molecules combine to form larger molecules with repeating structural units.

          

  3. epitaphAn inscription on a grave or tomb in memory of the one buried there.

          

  4. amphitheaterAn oval or circular building with an open area ringed by rising tiers of seats, used in ancient Rome for concerts and spectacles; a large modern theater or stadium.

          

  5. HOM/HOMORoot word: Same, one and the same, similar, alike