WOD 91 - 100

After listening for 10 minutes, I begged my sister to get to the ____________ of the story.

• acclaim

• gist

• jeopardy

• allocate

Match the following verbs to the correct meaning.

• to put into your own words

• paraphrase

• to keep heat from escaping

• acclaim

• to set apart for a special purpose

• reiterate

• to praise strongly

• allocate

• to repeat or say again

• insulate

Match the following nouns to the correct meaning.

• main point, important or essential part

• gist

• a safe place, shelter

• jeopardy

• facing difficulties with courage

• fortitude

• risk, danger, peril

• sanctuary

Most teenage athletes hope to be professional one day, but that's just not ​​ (a)   . A very small percentage go pro.​

• reiterate
• acclaim
• gist
• sanctuary
• jeopardy
• fortitude
• insulate
• paraphrase
• allocate
• feasible

Which word is a synonym for fortitude?

• determination

• patience

• strength

• individuality

I ​ (a)   the play the coach called so I asked him to reiterate it.

• misheard
• enjoyed
• disagreed with
• praised

Match the following to the appropriate antonym.

• reprehensible, criticize

• paraphrase

• danger, harmful

• acclaim

• difficult, impossible

• feasible

• copy, exact, explicit

• sanctuary

In order to make a large purchase such as a car, you must allocate, or ___________, money each month.

• spend

• set aside

• donate

• hide

Riding a motorcycle without a helmet puts you in ____________ for a serious head injury if you have a wreck.

• allocate

• fortitude

• jeopardy

• sanctuary

If a house is insulated very well, then the electricity bill will be ​ (a)   .

• mitigated
• augmented
• escalated
• defaced