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Vocabulary
Unit 3
Allot
• Verb
• To assign or distribute in shares or
portions
Amass
• Verb
• To bring together, collect, gather,
especially for oneself; to come together,
assemble
Audacious
• Adj
• Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
Comply
• Verb
• To yield to a request or a command
Devoid
• Adjective
• Not having or using, lacking
Elite
• Noun: the choice part of a group of people
or things
• Adjective: superior
Grapple
• Noun: an iron hook used to grab and hold
• Verb: to come to grips with, wrestle or fight
with
Incapacitate
• Verb
• To deprive of strength or ability; to make
legally ineligible
Instigate
• Verb
• To urge on; to stir up; provoke; start; incite
Longevity
• Noun
• A long life, long duration, length of life
Myraid
• Adj: in very great numbers
• Noun: a very great number
Perspective
• Noun
• A point of view or general standpoint from
which different things are viewed, mentally
or physically; the appearance to the eye of
various objects at a given time, place or
distance
Perturb
• Verb: to trouble, to make uneasy; to
disturb greatly; to throw into confusion
Prodigious
• Adj
• Immense, extraordinary in bulk, size or
degree
Relevant
• Adjective
• Connected with or related to the matter at
hand
Skittish
• Adjective
• Extremely nervous and easily frightened;
shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable,
undependable
Tether
• Noun: a rope or a chain used to fasten
something to a fixed object; the outer limit
of strength or resources
• Verb: To fasten with a rope or chain
Unison
• Noun
• A sounding together; agreement or accord
Vie
• Verb
• To compete; to strive for victory or
superiority
Willful
• Adjective
• Stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose;
deliberate