Unit 3 Vocabulary 2
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- allot
- (v.) to assign or distribure in 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 or fight with
- incapacitate
- (v.) to deprive of strenght or ability; to make legally ieligible
- instigate
- (v.) to urge on; stir up, provoke, start, incite
- longevity
- (n.) long life, long duration, lenght of life
- myraid
- (adj.) in very great number; (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.) extreamly nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extreamly cautious; unstable; undependable
- tether
- (n.) a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outher limit of strenght or resources; (v.) to fasten with a rope or chain
- unison
- (n.) a sounding together; agreement or accord
- vie
- (v.) to complete; to strive for victory or superiority
- willful
- (adj.) stubbornly self willed; done on purpose, deliberate