Vacabulary Unit 3 - Set A and B Flashcards

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1
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Allot

A

To assign or distribute in shares or portions

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Audacious

A

Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

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Comply

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To yield to a request or command

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Grapple

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An iron hook used to grab and hold, to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

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Instigate

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To urge on, to stir up, start, incite

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Myriad

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In very great numbers, very great number

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Prodigious

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Immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

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Skittish

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Extremely nervous and easily frightened, shy or timid, extremely cautious, unstable

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Tether

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A rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object, outer limit of strength or resources, to fasten with a rope or chain

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Unison

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A sounding together, agreement or accord

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Amass

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To bring together, collect, gather, especially for onself, to come together, assemble

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Devoid

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Not having or using, lacking

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Elite

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The choice part of a group of people or things, superior

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Incapacitate

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To deprive of strength or ability, to make legally ineligible

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Longvity

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Long life, long duration, length of life

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Perspective

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A point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally

17
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Perturb

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Relevant connected with or related to the matter at hand

18
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Vie

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To complete, to strive for victory or superiority

19
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Willful

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stubbornly self-willed, done on purpose, deliberate