click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit 3 Vocab (8th)
Spelling & Vocabulary Words / Unit 3 (8th Grade)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allot | To assign or distribute in shares or portions |
| Amass | To bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble |
| Audacious | Bold, Adventurous, Recklessly Daring |
| Comply | To yeild to a request or command |
| Devoid | Not having or using, lacking |
| Elite | The choice part of a group of people or things; superior |
| Grapple | An iron hook used to grab and hold; To come to grips with, wrestle or fight with |
| Incapacitate | To deprive of strength or ability; To make legally ineligible |
| Instigate | To urge on; To stir up, Start, Incite |
| Longevity | Long life, Long duration, Length of life |
| Myriad | In very great numbers; A very great number |
| Perspective | Point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; The appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance |
| Perturb | To trouble, Make uneasy; To disturb greatly;To throw into confusion |
| Prodigious | Immense; Extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree |
| Relevant | Connected with or related to the matter at hand |
| Skittish | Extremely nervous and easily frightened; Shy or Timid; Extremely cautious; Unstable, Undependable |
| Tether | Rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; The outer limit of strength or resources; To fasten with a rope or chain |
| Unison | Sounding together; Agreement or Accord |
| Vie | To compete; To strive for victory or superiority |
| Willful | Stubbornly self-willed; Done on purpose, Deliberate |