Vocab Unit 3- Sets A & B Flashcards
Allot
To assign or distribute in shares or portions
Audacious
Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
Comply
To yield to a request or command
Grapple
An iron hook used to grab and hold; to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with
Instigate
To urge on; to stir up, start, incite
Myriad
In very great numbers, a very great number
Prodigious
Immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
Skittish
Extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious;l unstable, undependable
Tether
A rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources
To fasten with a rope or chain
Unison
A sounding together; agreement or accord
Amass
To bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble
Devoid
Not having or using, lacking
Elite
The choice part of a group of people or things
Superior
Incapacitate
To deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligable
Longevity
Long life, long duration, length of life
Perspective
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
To trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion
Relevant
Connected with or related to the matter at hand
Vie
To compete; to strive for victory or superiority
Willful
Stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate