Homework 3C
Name____________________
Vocabulary Unit 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . WORD BANK . . . . . . . . . . . . .
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
Amass
Allot
Audacious
Comply
Devoid
Elite
Grapple
Incapacitate
Instigate
Longevity
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)
Myriad
Perspective
Perturb
Prodigious
Relevant
p)
q)
r)
s)
t)
Skittish
Tether
Unison
Vie
Willful
. . . . . . . . . . . . . ANTONYMS . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1)
_____ bold, daring, reckless, cool
6)
_____ full, teeming, abounding
11) _____ scatter, dissipate, squander
2)
_____ brevity, transience
7)
_____ puny, minuscule, insignificant
12) _____ stop, quell, squelch, quash
3)
_____ delight, gladden, please
8)
_____ rank & file, dregs of society
13) _____ timid, cowardly
4)
_____ docile, obedient, tractable
9)
_____ rehabilitate, restore
14) _____ unconnected, extraneous
5)
_____ few, scant, sparse
10) _____ reject, refuse, decline
15) _____ untie, let loose
. . . . . . . . . . . . . DEFINITIONS & SYNONYMS . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16) ____ a point of view from which different things are
viewed
17) ____ a rope/chain used to fasten something to a fixed
object
36) ____ long life, long duration, length of life
37) ____ not having or using, lacking
38) ____ pertinent, germane, applicable
39) ____ stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate
18) ____ a sounding together; agreement or accord
40) ____ submit to, consent to, acquiesce in
19) ____ accumulate, pile up, garner
41) ____ tackle, confront, struggle with
20) ____ an iron hook used to grab/hold
42) ____ the choice part of a group of people or things;
21) ____ apportion, parcel out, allocate
superior
22) ____ bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
43) ____ tie up, chain up, leash
23) ____ connected with or related to the matter at hand
44) ____ to assign or distribute into shares or portions
24) ____ contend, rival
45) ____ to bring together, collect, gather, esp. for oneself
25) ____ cream of the crop, upper crust
46) ____ to come to grips with, wrestle/fight with
26) ____ disable, debilitate, paralyze, cripple
47) ____ to compete; to strive for victory or superiority
27) ____ enterprising, brave
48) ____ to deprive of strength or ability; make legally
28) ____ extremely nervous/easily frightened; shy or timid
ineligible
29) ____ gigantic, tremendous, astounding
49) ____ to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion
30) ____ harmony, concord, assent
50) ____ to fasten with a rope/chain
31) ____ headstrong, obstinate, premeditated
51) ____ to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite
32) ____ immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
52) ____ to yield to a request or command
33) ____ in very great numbers; very great number
53) ____ upset, agitate, anger, irritate
34) ____ innumerable, countless
54) ____ viewpoint, sense of proportion
35) ____ jumpy, restive, capricious, fickle
55) ____ wanting, bereft