Gr 8 Vocabulary Retest

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Announcement?

• a notice appearing in a newspaper or public place and announcing something such as a birth, death, or marriage

  Synonym: notification ; Antonym: concealment

• a public and typically formal statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention

  Synonym: advertisement ; Antonym: secret

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Coil?

• arrange or wind (something long and flexible) in a joined sequence of concentric circles or rings

  Synonym: curl ; Antonym: straighten 

• a state of noisy, confused activity

  Synonym: stir ; Antonym: rest

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Cooperate?

• assist someone or comply with their requests

  Synonym: collaborate ; Antonym: counteract

• to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members

  Synonym: unite ; Antonym: split

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Expel?

• to throw or give off

  Synonym: emit ; Antonym: absorb

• deprive (someone) of membership of or involvement in a school or other organization

  Synonym: bar ; Antonym: admit

• to violently throw out or off (something from within)

  Synonym: eject ; Antonym: contain

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Dormitory?

• a large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution

  Synonym: boardinghouse ; Antonym: none

• a residential community inhabited chiefly by commuters

  Synonym: town ; Antonym: none

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Disgust?

• a feeling of revulsion or strong disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or offensive

  Synonym: repugnance ; Antonym: relish

• cause (someone) to feel revulsion or profound disapproval

  Synonym: revolt ; Antonym: attract

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Hesitate?

• be reluctant to do something

  Synonym: scruple ; Antonym: be willing

• 1. pause before saying or doing something, especially through uncertainty

  2. Synonym: continue ; Antonym: persist

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Corporation?

• an enlarged or bulging abdomen

  Synonym: belly ; Antonym: none

• 1. a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person)

  2. Synonym: enterprise ; Antonym: none

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Goal?

• the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result

  Synonym: purpose ; Antonym: method

• (in football, soccer, rugby, hockey, and some other games) a pair of posts linked by a crossbar and often with a net attached behind it, forming a space into or over which the ball has to be sent in order to score

  Synonym: object ; Antonym: none

What is the definition, synonym, and antonym of Band?

• a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

  1. Synonym: cluster ; Antonym: individual

• to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord

  1. Synonym: bind ; Antonym: undo

• 1. (of people or organizations) form a group for a mutual purpose

  2. Synonym: affiliate ; Antonym: split up