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Reading Vocab 3A
Term | Definition |
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allot | to assign or distribute in shares or portions sy-apportion, parcel out, allocate |
amass | to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself, assemble pile up, garner |
audacious | bold, adventurous, recklessly daring enterprising, brave |
comply | to yield, to request, command consent, acquiesce |
devoid | not having or using, lacking wanting, bereft |
elite | the choice part of a group cream of the crop, upper crust |
grapple | an iron hook used to grab and hold; to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with tackle, confront, struggle with |
incapacitate | to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible debilitate, paralyze, cripple |
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 innumerable, countless |
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 viewpoint, sense of proportion |
perturb | to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion upset, agitate, anger |
prodigious | immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree gigantic, tremendous, astounding |
relevant | connected with or related to the matter at hand pertinent, germane, applicable |
skittish | extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid: extremely cautious; unstable, undependable jumpy, restive, capricious, fickie |
tether | a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed ok the outer limit of strength or resources; to fasten with a rope or chain tie up, chain up, leash |
unison | a sounding together; agreement or accord harmony, concord, assent |
vie | to compete; to strive tor victory or superiority contend, rival |
willful | stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate headstrong, obstinate, premeditated |