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Quiz 11/7/08
Vocab Words #3 Allot-Willful
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (v) To assign or distribute in shares or portions syn: Apportion, parcel out, allocate ant: none | Allot |
| (v) To bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble syn: Accumulate, pile up, garner ant: Scatter, dissipate, squander, waste | Amass |
| (adj) Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring syn: Enterprising, brave ant: Timid, cowardly | Audacious |
| (v) To yield to a request or command syn: Submit to, consent to ant: Reject, refuse, decline | Comply |
| (adj) Not having or using, lacking syn: Wanting, berefit ant: Full, teeming, benefit | Devoid |
| (n) The choice part of a group of people or things. (adj) Superior syn: Cream of the crop ant: Dregs of society | Elite |
| (n) An iron hook used to grab and hold (v) To come to grips with, wrestle or fight with syn: Tackle, confront, struggle with ant: None | Grapple |
| (v) To deprive of strength or ability, to make legally ineligible syn: Disable, paralyze, cripple ant: Rehabilitate, restore | Incapacitate |
| (v) To urge on, to stir up, provoke, start, incite syn: Noneant: Stop, quell, squelch, quash | Instigate |
| (n) Long life, long duration, length of life ant: Brevity, transience | Longevity |
| (adj) In very great numbers (n) a very great number syn: Innumerable, countless ant: Few, scant, sparse | Myriad |
| (n) A point of view or standpoint from which different things are viewed syn: Viewpoint, sense of proportion | Perspective |
| (v) To trouble, make uneasy, to distub greatly syn: Upset, agitate, anger, irritate ant: Delight, gladden, please | Perturb |
| (adj) Immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree syn: Gigantic, tremendous, astoundingant: Puny, miniscule, insignificant | Prodigious |
| (adj) Connected with or relatred to the matter at hand syn: Pertinent, germane, applicable ant: Unconnected | Relevant |
| (adj) Extremely nervous and easily frightened, shy or timid, cautious, unstable syn: Jumpy, fickle, restive ant: Bold, daring, reckless | Skittish |
| (n) A rope or chain, a leash (v) to fasten with rope or chain syn: Tie up, chain up, leash ant: Untie | Tether |
| (n) A sounding together, agreement or accord syn: Harmony, concord | Unison |
| (v) To compete, to strive for victory syn: Contend, rival | Vie |
| (adj) Stubbornly self-willed, done on purpose, deliberate syn: Headstrong ant: Docile, obedient | Willful |