muster
To gather people together, or to summon up courage or strength.
muster in a sentence
- Mustering all her courage, Zara stepped onto the high diving board.
- The captain tried to muster every sailor on deck before the storm arrived.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to muster?
- Asplit
- Bscatter
- Cspread
- Dgather
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D: gather. The other three mean the opposite of muster.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to muster?
- Aassemble
- Bgather
- Cscatter
- Dcollect
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C: scatter. The other three mean nearly the same as muster.
Words that mean something similar
gather, collect, assemble
Words that mean the opposite
scatter, spread, split
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- nimble: Able to move quickly, lightly and easily.
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- obliterate: To destroy something completely so nothing is left.
- obstacle: Something that gets in your way and stops you moving forward.
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- onslaught: A fierce attack or a great rush of something.
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