Vocabulary - quantity

Question 1

maxima

Answer 1

plural form of maximum.

Question 2

multifarious

Answer 2

many and of various types; diverse

Question 3

league

Answer 3

2. any of various units of distance from about 2.4 to 4.6 statute miles (3.9 to 7.4 kilometers).

Question 4

moot

Answer 4

of no practical significance

Question 5

bevy

Answer 5

large group esp. animals

Question 6

plenitude

Answer 6

plenty; an abundance

Question 7

treble

Answer 7

(adj) consisting of three parts; threefold–(n) a threefold quantity or thing, in particular

Question 8

spate

Answer 8

A large number; a sudden, unexpected rise; a torrent

Question 9

tertiary

Answer 9

1. third in order or level; 2. (Geology) the Tertiary period or the system of rocks deposited during it.

Question 10

cornucopia

Answer 10

a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat’s horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn.

Question 11

naught

Answer 11

a quantity of no importance

Question 12

passel

Answer 12

a pack; a large group of people or things of indeterminate number

Question 13

scalar

Answer 13

A quantity, such as mass, length, or speed, that is completely specified by its magnitude and has no direction

Question 14

shoal

Answer 14

a great quantity

Question 15

rife

Answer 15

(esp. of something undesirable or harmful) common occurrence; widespread

Question 16

fraught

Answer 16

full of, filled with, rife with

Question 17

per capita

Answer 17

by heads (by individuals)

Question 18

plethora

Answer 18

an abundance, excess

Question 19

profusion

Answer 19

an abundance or large quantity of something.

Question 20

inordinate

Answer 20

excessive

Question 21

teeming (also teem)

Answer 21

To abound; to be bountiful;

Question 22

triad, triadic (adj)

Answer 22

1. a group or set of three connected people or things– 2. a secret society originating in China, typically involved in organized crime.

Question 23

sundry

Answer 23

Miscellaneous; separate; assorted.

Question 24

dyad

Answer 24

something that consists of two elements or parts

Question 25

modicum

Answer 25

a small or moderate or token amount

Question 26

tripartite

Answer 26

1. divided into or composed of three parts 2. made between or involving three parties

Question 27

determinate

Answer 27

having exact and discernible limits or form

Question 28

gobs

Answer 28

a large amount —usually used in plural (gob in singular form may also mean “a lump or clot of a slimy or viscous substance.”

Question 29

incommensurable

Answer 29

1. not able to be judged by the same standard as something; having no common standard of measurement. 2. (math) (of numbers) in a ratio that cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers