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Vocabulary Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allot(v) | To assign or distribute in shares or portions. |
| Audacious(adj) | Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring. |
| Comply(v) | To yield to a request or command. |
| Grapple(n) | An iron hook used to grab and hold. |
| Grapple(v) | To come to grips with, wrestle or fight with. |
| Instigate(v) | To urge on; to stir up, start, incite. |
| Myriad(adj) | In very great numbers. |
| Myriad(n) | A very great number. |
| Prodigious(adj) | Immense; extraordinary in bulk size, or degree. |
| Skittish(adj) | Extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable. |
| Tether(n) | A rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit or strength or resources. |
| Tether(v) | To fasten with a rope or chain. |
| Unison | A sounding together; agreement or accord. |
| Amass(v) | To bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble. |
| Devoid(adj) | Not having or using, lacking. |
| Elite(n) | The choice part of a group of people or things. |
| Elite(adj) | Superior. |
| Incapacitate(v) | To deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible. |
| Longevity(n) | Long life, long duration, length of life |
| Perspective(n) | A point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various object at a given time, place, or distance. |
| Perturb(v) | To trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion. |
| Relevant(adj) | Connected with or related to the matter at hand |
| Vie(v) | To complete; to strive for victory or superiority. |
| Willful(adj) | Stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate. |