Vocabulary Unit 3 Set A Flashcards
Allot
(V.) To assign or distribute in shares or portions
The teacher allotted books and supplies to each student on the first day of school.
Audacious
(Adj.) Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
The audience cheered the audacious feats of the trapeze artists.
Comply
(V.) To yield to a request or command
Employees who fail to comply with a company’s rules may lose their jobs.
Grapple
(N.) An iron hook used to grab and hold; (V.) To come to grips with, wrestle, or fight with
A ship equipped with grapples may be used to recover large pieces of wreckage from the ocean floor.
Store employees grappled with the thieves and held them until the police arrived.
Instigate
(V.) To urge on; to stir up, start, incite
Several demonstrators in the angry crowd did their best to instigate a riot.
Myriad
(Adj.) In very great numbers; (N.) A very great number
Scientists continue to make new discoveries in their studies of the myriad life-forms of the jungle.
You will find information about a myriad of subjects on the internet.
Prodigious
(Adj.) Immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
Few intellects have rivaled the prodigious mind of Albert Einstein.
Skittish
(Adj.) Extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable
Only an experienced and confident rider should mount a skittish horse.
Tether
(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
Some young people find it difficult to break the emotional and financial tether that bind them to their parents.
Before the storm, I tethered the boat securely to the dock.
Unison
(N.) A sounding together; agreement or accord
The members of our new student orchestra need to practice playing in unison.
