Vocab Unit 3- Sets A & B Flashcards

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Allot

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To assign or distribute in shares or portions

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Audacious

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Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

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3
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Comply

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To yield to a request or command

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4
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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, a 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;l unstable, undependable

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Tether

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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

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10
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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 oneself; to come together, assemble

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12
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Devoid

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Not having or using, lacking

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13
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Elite

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The choice part of a group of people or things

Superior

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14
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Incapacitate

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To deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligable

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Longevity

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Long life, long duration, length of life

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16
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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; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance

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Perturb

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

18
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Relevant

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Connected with or related to the matter at hand

19
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Vie

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To compete; to strive for victory or superiority

20
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Willful

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Stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate