Vocabulary Quiz Weeks 8-11

promotion

• to move from lower to higher

• a move upward in position or grade

• making more money in your job

• making less money in your job

idle

• too busy to take on more tasks

• moving in an upward position

• a slow but steady movement forward

• not busy; doing nothing

confront

• to meet or face boldly

• to cower in fear

• to speak in a loud manner

• to give a direct response

bountiful

• having less than needed

• smaller in number

• more than enough

• unwilling to do what is asked

encumber

• providing money

• sadness

• to weigh down or burden

• having more than one meaning

descend

• to weigh down or burden

• to stop payment on a purchase

• to move from lower to higher

• to move from higher to lower

mortify

• to cause terrible embarrassment

• to move from higher to lower

• someone who gives generously

• to cause terrible pain

benefactor

• someone who stops payment on a recent purchase

• someone who gives generous assistance or money

• someone who fears math

• someone who refuses assistance to others

indispensable

• absolutely necessary

• having more than necessary

• having less than needed to complete a given task

• a moderate amount of something

endorse

• someone who gives generous assistance or money

• someone who refuses assistance to others

• to give support or approval; to sign name

• have more than one meaning