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Allot (v)
Parcel out

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To assign or distribute in shares or portions

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Amass (v)
Pile up

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To bring together, collect, gather; especially for one’s self; to come together assemble

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Audacious (adj)
Brave

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Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

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Comply (v)
Consent

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To yield to a request or demand

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Devoid (adj)
Wanting

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Not having or using; lacking

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Elite (n)
Upper crust

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The choice part of a group of people or things

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Elite (adj)

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Superior

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Grapple (n)

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An iron hook used to grab and hold

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Grapple (v)
Tackle

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To come to grips with, wrestle or fight

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Incapacitate (v)
Cripple

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To deprive of strength or ability;to make illegally ineligible

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Instigate (v)

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To urge on; to stir up, start, incite

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Longevity (n) shortness

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Long life, long duration, length of life

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Myriad (adj)
Innumerable

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In very great numbers

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Myriad (n)

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A very great number

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Perspective (n)
Viewpoint

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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

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Perturb (n)
Upset

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to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion

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Prodigious (adj) gigantic

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Immense extraordinary in bulk, size, or decree

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Relevant (adj)
Pertinent

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Connected with or related to the matter at hand

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Skittish (adj)
Jumpy

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Extremely nervous and easily frightened, shy or timid

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Tether (n)

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a rope or chain used to fasten somelhing to alike. the outer limit of strength or resources

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Tether (v)
Tie up

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to fasten with a rope or chain

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Unison (n)
Harmony

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A sounding together; agreement or accord

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Vie (v)
Contend

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To complete; to strive for victory or superiority

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Willful (adj)
Headstrong

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stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate

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