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spontaneity (SPAHN ti NEE i tee) n. 1. acting spontaneously; 2. doing things on
the spur of the moment without external incitement; acting with self-motivation
• By definition, spontaneity is incapable of being planned.
• Spontaneity must come from within oneself, and some people have it, while
others are afraid of it.
squander (SKWAHN doer) vt. to waste; to spend or use wastefully
• Norma squandered her money on a CD because she could not wait two days
for it to go on sale.
• Jimmy Carter’s administration refused to squander billions of dollars on the
B-1 bomber program.
[-ed, -ing] [Syn. waste]

QUICK REVIEW #121

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. salutary a. waste
2. schematic b. join
3. scrutiny c. speech
4. sedulous d. self-motivated
5. sermon e. instrument
6. sextant f. surveillance
7. shard g. plan

8. signatory h. endorser
9. smelt i. seriousness
10. sobriety j. fragment
11. sordid k. base
12. splice l. refine
13. spontaneity m. busy
14. squander n. beneficial