Unit Three

Question 1

allot

Answer 1

(v.) to assign or distribute in shares or portions

Question 2

audacious

Answer 2

(adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

Question 3

comply

Answer 3

(v.) to yield to a request or command

Question 4

grapple

Answer 4

(n.) an iron hook used to grab and hold; (v.) to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

Question 5

instigate

Answer 5

(v.) to urge on; to stir up, start, incite

Question 6

myriad

Answer 6

(adj.) in very great number; (n.) a very great number

Question 7

prodigious

Answer 7

(adj.) immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

Question 8

skittish

Answer 8

(adj.) extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable

Question 9

tether

Answer 9

(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 chain

Question 10

unison

Answer 10

(n.) a sounding together; an agreement or accord

Question 11

amass

Answer 11

(v.) to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble

Question 12

deviod

Answer 12

(v.) not having or using, lacking

Question 13

elite

Answer 13

(n.) the choice part of a group of people or things; (adj.) superior

Question 14

incapacticate

Answer 14

(v.) to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible

Question 15

longevity

Answer 15

(n.) longe life, long duration, length of a life

Question 16

perspective

Answer 16

(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

Question 17

perturb

Answer 17

(v.) to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion

Question 18

relevant

Answer 18

(adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand

Question 19

vie

Answer 19

(v.) to compete; to strive for victory or superiority

Question 20

willful

Answer 20

(adj.) stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate