L.a. Vocab 2

Question 0

Incapacitated

Answer 0

The disease had so incapacitated the poor woman that she was no longer able to leave her bed

Question 1

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Elite

Answer 1

He joined the elite group of athletes who have run a mile in under 4 minutes

Question 2

Willful

Answer 2

The willful child insisted on wearing sneakers to her sister’s wedding

Question 3

Grapple

Answer 3

You will have to use a(n) grapple to recover the lobster trap from the bottom of the bay

Question 4

Myriad

Answer 4

The autumn night sky, with its myriad of stars, always fills me with awe and wonder

Question 5

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Innumerable opportunities to learn something new

Answer 5

Myriad

Question 6

Repeated delays that irritated the passengers

Answer 6

Perturb

Question 7

When considered from another viewpoint

Answer 7

Perspective

Question 8

Allocated four tickets to each member of the cast

Answer 8

Allot

Question 9

Accumulated a huge collection of folk art

Answer 9

Amass

Question 10

Contended for first prize at the science fair

Answer 10

Vied

Question 11

Are in agreement on a course of action

Answer 11

Unison

Question 12

Chose only the cream of the crop

Answer 12

Elite

Question 13

Behaves in a headstrong fashion

Answer 13

Willful

Question 14

Tried to calm the jumpy children

Answer 14

Skittish

Question 15

Had to tackle a difficult problem

Answer 15

Tether

Question 16

An illness that disables young and old alike

Answer 16

Incapacitate

Question 17

Submit to the terms of the treaty

Answer 17

Comply

Question 18

A tremendous effort by the entire team

Answer 18

Prodigious

Question 19

Timid when faced with a challenge

Answer 19

Audacious

Question 20

A river teeming with fish

Answer 20

Devoid

Question 21

Untied the pair of carriage horses

Answer 21

Tether

Question 22

Evidence that is extraneous to the investigation

Answer 22

Relevant

Question 23

The brevity of the public’s interest in the story

Answer 23

Longevity

Question 24

In the next chorus, please try to sing in unison

Answer 24

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Question 25

By the twentieth mile of a marathon many runners have reached the end of their tether

Answer 25

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Question 26

I wonder why the camp directors were unwilling to comply with my request to keep a pet snake in my tent

Answer 26

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Question 27

I don’t think anyone can hope to vie with omloria in the eletion for “most popular student”

Answer 27

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