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Vocab Unit3
Vocab Unit 3
Term | Definition |
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allot (verb) | to assign or distribute |
audacious (adj) | bold, adventurous |
comply (verb) | to yield to a request or command |
grapple (noun) | an iron hook used to grab and hold |
grapple (verb) | to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with |
instigate (verb) | to urge on; to stir, start, incite |
myriad (adj) | in very great numbers |
myriad (noun) | a very great number |
prodigious (adj) | immense; extraordinary |
skittish (adj) | extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable |
tether (noun) | a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources; (v.) to fasten with a rope or chain |
unison (noun) | a sounding together; agreement or accord |
amass (verb) | to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself |
devoid (adj) | not having or using, lacking |
elite (noun) | the choice part of a group of people or things |
elite (adj) | superior |
incapacitate (verb) | to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible |
longevity (noun) | long life, long duration, length in life |
perspective (noun) | a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally |
perturb (noun) | 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 |
relevant (adj) | connected with or related to the matter at hand |
vie | to compete, to strive for victory or superiority |
willful | stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate |