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Vocabulary 3
Term | Definition |
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allot | to assign or distribute in shares or portions. Verb |
audacious | bold, adventurous, recklessly daring . Adjective |
comply | to yield to a request or command. Verb |
grapple | an iron hook used to grab and hold. Noun |
grapple | to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with. Verb |
instigate | to urge on, to stir up, start, incite. Verb |
myraid | in very great numbers. Adjective |
myriad | a very great number. Noun |
prodigious | immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree. Adjective |
skittish | extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable. Adjective |
tether | a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources. Noun |
tether | to fasten with a rope or chain. Verb |
unison | a sounding together; agreement or accord. Noun |
amass | to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble. Verb |
devoid | not having or using, lacking. Adjective |
elite | the choice part of a group of people or things. Noun |
elite | superior. Adjective |
incapacitate | to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally inedible. Verb |
longevity | long life, long duration, length of life. Noun |
perspective | a 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. Noun |
perturb | to trouble, to make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion. Verb |
relevant | connected with or related to the matter at hand. Adjective |
vie | to complete; to strive for victory or superiority. Verb |
willful | stubbornly self -willed; done on purpose, deliberate. Adjective |