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Honors Unit 3
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workbook Unit Level C Enhanced Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allot | v. to assign or distribute into shares or portions |
| amass | v. to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble |
| audacious | adj. bold, adventurous, recklessly daring |
| comply | v. to yield to a request or command |
| devoid | adj. not having or using, lacking |
| elite | n. the choice part of a group of people or things; adj. superior |
| grapple | n. an iron hook used to grab and hold; v. to come to grips with, wrestle with, fight with |
| incapacitate | v. to deprive of strength or abilit; to make legally ineligible |
| instigate | v. to urge on; to stir up |
| longevity | n. long life, long duration |
| myriad | adj. in very great numbers; n. a very great number |
| perspective | n. 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 |
| perturb | v. to trouble, make uneasy, to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion |
| prodigious | adj. immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree |
| relevant | adj. connected with or related to the matter at hand |
| skittish | adj. extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable |
| tether | n. 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 a chain |
| unison | n. a sounding together; agreement or accord |
| vie | v. to compete; to strive for victory or superiority |
| willful | adj. stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate |