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verb (used with object), al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting.
1.to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
2.to appropriate for a special purpose: to allot money for a park.
3.to assign as a portion; set apart; dedicate.
Synonym: Administer, hand out give
Antonym: Take away, confiscate |
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a·mass [uh-mas] verb (used with object)
1.to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
2.to collect into a mass or pile; gather: He amassed his papers for his memoirs.
3.to come together; assemble: crowds amassing for the parade.
Synonyms: Take, collect, confinscate
Antonyms: Push away, give out |
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au·da·cious [aw-dey-shuhs]
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1.extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
2.extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.
3.recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.
4.lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation
Synonyms:courageous, intrepid, dauntless, venturesome unabashed, shameless; impertinent, forward.
Antonyms:cowardly. |
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com·ply [kuhm-plahy]
verb (used without object), com·plied, com·ply·ing.
1.to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with ): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
2 Obsolete . to be courteous or conciliatory.
Synonyms:acquiesce, yield, conform, obey, consent, assent.
Antonyms:refuse, resist. |
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de·void [dih-void]
adjective
1.not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of ).
verb (used with object)
2.to deplete or strip of some quality or substance: imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity.
Synonyms:lacking, wanting, destitute, bereft, barren.
Antonyms: Abundant, enough, full |
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e·lite [ih-leet, ey-leet]
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1.( often used with a plural verb ) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
2.( used with a plural verb ) persons of the highest class: Only the elite were there.
3.a group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within a larger group: the power elite of a major political party.
4.a type, approximately 10-point in printing-type size, widely used in typewriters and having 12 characters to the inch.
Synonyms: Superior, the best
Antonyms: underdogs,worse, inferior |
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e·lite [ih-leet, ey-leet]
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1.( often used with a plural verb ) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
2.( used with a plural verb ) persons of the highest class: Only the elite were there.
3.a group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within a larger group: the power elite of a major political party.
4.a type, approximately 10-point in printing-type size, widely used in typewriters and having 12 characters to the inch.
Synonyms: Hold on, fight, struggle
Antonyms: let go, release |
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in·ca·pac·i·tate [in-kuh-pas-i-teyt]
verb (used with object), in·ca·pac·i·tat·ed, in·ca·pac·i·tat·ing.
1.to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
2.Law . to deprive of the legal power to act in a specified way
Synonym:cripple, handicap, sideline
Antonym: full health, healthy |
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