8th grade vocab U 3

Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring.

Synonyms: enterprising, brave

Antonyms: timid, cowardly

• audacious

• grapple

• comply

• instigate

incapacitated means

• to stir up

• long life

• to deprive of strength

• to yield to a request

instigate

• incite or provoke

• bold or outgoing

• living a long time

• assemble

longevity

• to stir up

• long life

• an iron hook used to grab or hold

• request or command

A knowledgeable wrestler _________________ with his opponent to achieve victory.

• jostles

• detriments

• grapples

• longevity

Each year, the social ____________of the community sponsors several events to benefit local charities.

• elite

• enterprising

• incognito

• perspective

We can thank modern medical science for the increased longevity of human beings in most parts of the world. Based on context, longevity most likely means... 

• brevity, transience
• few, scant, sparse
• long life, long duration, length of life
• pertinent, germane, applicable

The disease had so incapacitated the poor woman that she was no longer able to leave her bed. Based on context, incapacitate most likely means... 

• rehabilitate, heal
• disable, dedbilitate, paralyze, cripple
• stop, quell, squelch, quash
• upset, agitate, anger, irritate

The disease had so incapacitated the poor woman that she was no longer able to leave her bed. Based on context, incapacitate most likely means... 

• rehabilitate, heal
• disable, dedbilitate, paralyze, cripple
• stop, quell, squelch, quash
• upset, agitate, anger, irritate

Store employees grapple with the thieves and held them until the police arrived. Based on context, grapple most likely means... 

• rehabilitate
• urge on, stir up, provoke, start, incite
• submit to, consent to, acquiesce in
• tackle, confront, stuggle with