(v.) to assign or distribute in shares or portions

The teacher _______________ books and supplies to each studetn on the first day of school

SYNOMYMS: apportion, parcel out, allocate

(v.) to bring together, collect, gather, especially for onself; to come together, assemble

A prudent investor can ______________ a fortune in the stock market over the long run.

SYNOMYMS: accumulate, pile up, garner

ANTONYMS:  scatter, dissipate, squander, waste

(adj.) bold, adventerous, recklessly daring

The audience cheered the __________ feats of the trapize artists.

SYNOMYMS: enterprising, brave

ANTONYMS: timid, cowardly

(v.) to yield to a request or command

Employees who fail to _______ with a company's rules may lose their jobs

SYNONYMS: submit to, consent to, acquiesce in

ANTONYMS: reject, refuse, decline

(adj.) not having or using, lacking

The old well on my grandparent's property has long been _________ of water.

SYNONYMS: wanting, bereft

ANTONYMS: full, teeming, abounding

(n.) the choice part of a group of people or things

(adj.) superior

Each year the social _______ of the community sponsor several events to benefit local charities.

You can get a fine education regardless of whether or not you attend a _______ school.

SYNONYMS: (n.) cream of the crop, uppercrust

ANTONYMS: (n) rank and file, dregs of society

(n.) an iron hook used to grab and hold

(v.) to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

A ship equipped with _____ may be used to recover larger pieces of wreckage from the ocean floor.

SYNONYMS: (v.) tackle, confront, struggle with

(v.) to deprive of strengh or ability; to make legally ineligible

In the 1940s and 1950s, polio ______ many thousands of people each year all over the world.

SYNONYMS: disable, debilitate, paralyze, cripple

ANTONYMS: rehabilitate, restore

(v.) to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite

Several demonstrators in the angry crowd did their best to ______ a riot.

ANTONYMS: stop, quell, squelch, squash

(n.) long life, long duration, lengty of lift

The sea turtle is know for its ________.

ANTONYMS: brevity, transience

(adj.) In very great numbers

(n.) a very great number

Scientists continue to make new discoveries in their studies of the ______ life-forms of the jungle.

SYNONYMS: innumerable, countless

ANTONYMS: few, scant, sparse

(n.) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of varios objects at a given time, place, or distance

The designs for the children's playhouse were drawn to scale and in the right ________.

SYNONYMS: viewpoint, sense of proportion

(v.) to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion

The rude and disruptive behavior of several party guests ______ the host and hostess.

SYNONYMS: upset, agitate, anger, or irritate

ANTONYMS: delight, gladden, please

(adj.) immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

Few intellects have rivaled the ______ mind of Albert Einstein.

SYNONYMS: gigantic, tremendous, astounding

ANTONYMS: puny, minuscule, insignificant

(adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand

I found several web sites that provided information _____ to the topic of my research paper.

SYNONYMS: pertinent, germane, applicable

ANTONYMS: unconnected, extraneous

(adj.) extremely nervous and easily firghtened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable

Only an expreienced and confident rider should mount a _____ horse.

SYNONYMS: jumpy, restive, capricious, fickle

ANTONYMS: bold, daring, reckless, cool, inflapable

(n.) a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources

(v.) to fasten with a rope or chain

Some young people find it difficult to break the emotional and financial _______ that bind them to their parents.

SYNONYMS: (v.) tie up, chain up, leash

ANTONYMS: untie, let loose

(n.) a sounding together; agreement or accord

The members of our new student orchestra need to practice playing in ______.

SYNONYMS: harmony, concord, assent

(v.) to compete; to strive for victory or superiority

Many actors ____ for the leading role in the famous director's new film.

SYNOMYMS: contend, rival

(adj.) stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate

After lengthy deliberations, the jury found the defendant guilty of ______ murder.

SYNONYMS: head strong, obstinate, premeditated

ANTONYMS: docile, obedient, tractable