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LA - Vocab
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allot | verb: to assign or distribute in shares or portions |
| amass | verb: to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself, to come together |
| audacious | adj: bold, adventurous, recklessly daring |
| comply | verb: to yield to a request or command |
| devoid | adj: not having or using, lacking |
| elite | noun: the choice part of a group of people or things; adj: superior |
| grapple | noun: an iron hook used to grab and hold; verb: to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with |
| incapacitate | verb: to deprive of strength or ability, to make legally ineligible |
| instigate | verb: to urge on, stir up, provoke, start, incite |
| longevity | noun: long life, long duration, length of life |
| myriad | adj: in very great numbers; noun: a very great number |
| perspective | noun: a point of view from which different things are viewed |
| perturb | verb: to trouble, make uneasy, disturb greatly, throw into confusion |
| prodigious | adj: immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree, tremendous, astounding |
| relevant | adj: connected with or realted to the matter at hand |
| skittish | adj: extremely nervous and easily frightened, shy or timid |
| tether | noun: a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; verb: to fasten with a rope or chain |
| unison | noun: a sounding together, agreement or accord |
| vie | verb: to compete, to strive for victory or superiority |
| willful | adj: stubbornly self willed, done on purpose, deliberate |