His injury ________ him for playing basketball.

(n.) the choice part of a group of people or things; (adj.) superior

Syn: cream of the crop, upper crust

(v.) to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible

Syn: disable, debilitate, cripple

(adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

Syn: enterprising, brave

(v.) to assign or distribute in shares or portions

Syn: apportion, parcel out, allocate

(v.) to urge on; to stir up,

SYN: provoke, start, incite

It was enough to _______ an even greater fan base for the band.

(v.) to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

Syn: tackle, confront, struggle with

(v.) to yield to a request or command

Syn: submit to, consent to

He made the _________ choice to tell me a downright lie.

Failure to _______ with such an order could constitute contempt of court.

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We know too little of the facts to ________ blame to either of them.

(v)to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble

Syn: accumulate, pile up

(adj.) not having or using, lacking

Syn: wanting

Most of the time his tone was _______ of any emotion.

The upscale clothing shop attracts an _______ shopper .

They managed to _________ the slippery pig to the ground.

People who come from rich and socially prominent families don’t always

belong to the intellectual _______.

Great new discoveries in science can be made only by men and women with intellectual _________.

I wish you ________ and health.

As I stared at the luscious chocolate swirl cake, I bravely _______with

temptation-but the chocolate cake won!

It would not be worthwhile to _______ an argument.

I am completely ______ of sympathy for anyone who loses a job because of carelessness and indifference.

You will have to _______ a difficult problem in order to pass this class.

Before we set out on the camping trip, our Scout leader _____ special tasks and responsibilities to each one of us.

The disease had so _________ the poor woman that she was no longer able to leave her bed.

A number of cities _____ one another to be chosen as the site of a national political convention.

I know you are a brilliant student, but I am still amazed that you

could ______ such a vast store of information so quickly.

I refuse to _______ to any order issued by a person who has absolutely no knowledge of the project I’m working on.