L.3.4.D-Test1C Use glossarie-dictionaries to determine-clarify the meaning of w
 
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L.3.4.D-Test1C Use glossary-dictionaries to determine-clarify the meaning of words



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

In the following sentence which definition of raised is used?

We raised $200.00 for the charity at the fundraiser.
a.
To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; to raise cattle.
c.
To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
b.
To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.
d.
To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like
 

 2. 

After reading the following sentence, determine the best meaning of the word issued.

The post office issued a new Olympic stamp to honor the athletes.
a.
The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
c.
To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
b.
The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.
d.
A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
 

 3. 

After reading the following sentence, what is the meaning of drop?

There was a 20 degree drop in the temperature outside.
a.
Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
c.
That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
b.
To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
d.
Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as lavender drops.
 

 4. 

After reading the following sentence, what is the meaning of full?

The roses were in full bloom.
a.
Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant.
c.
To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.
b.
Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
d.
Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
 

 5. 

After reading the following question, what is the meaning of  fine ?

The professor thought I did a fine job on my essay.
a.
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
c.
To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
b.
When used as a word of praise, fine denotes no "ordinary thing of its kind." It is not as strong as beautiful,
d.
To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
 

 6. 

After reading the following sentence, what is the meaning of mind?

I don't mind if you play the music loudly.
a.
To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.
c.
What we mean by mind is simply that which perceives, thinks, feels, wills, and desires.
b.
The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state.
d.
Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind.
 

 7. 

After reading the following sentence, what is the best definition of the word bite?

I had to get a bite to eat after the long day at work.
a.
The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
c.
To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.
b.
A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
d.
To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground
 

 8. 

In the following sentence which defintion of after is used?

After we ate dinner, we went bowling.
a.
In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father
c.
Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
b.
Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
d.
Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
 

 9. 

In the following sentence which definition of catch is used?

I hope I don't catch a cold after staying up all night working on my assignment.
a.
That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
c.
To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
b.
To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch a cold; the house caught fire.
d.
To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
 

 10. 

After reading the following sentence, determine the best definition of mean.

I didn't mean to do that!
a.
Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
c.
To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?
b.
By all means, certainly; without fail; as, go, by all means. By any means, in any way; possibly; at all.
d.
Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation.
 
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