Vocabulary

Unit 3

Allot

• Verb

• To assign or distribute in shares or

portions

Amass

• Verb

• To bring together, collect, gather,

especially for oneself; to come together,

assemble

Audacious

• Adj

• Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

Comply

• Verb

• To yield to a request or a command

Devoid

• Adjective

• Not having or using, lacking

Elite

• Noun: the choice part of a group of people

or things

• Adjective: superior

Grapple

• Noun: an iron hook used to grab and hold

• Verb: to come to grips with, wrestle or fight

with

Incapacitate

• Verb

• To deprive of strength or ability; to make

legally ineligible

Instigate

• Verb

• To urge on; to stir up; provoke; start; incite

Longevity

• Noun

• A long life, long duration, length of life

Myraid

• Adj: in very great numbers

• Noun: a very great number

Perspective

• Noun

• A point of view or general standpoint from

which different things are viewed, mentally

or physically; the appearance to the eye of

various objects at a given time, place or

distance

Perturb

• Verb: to trouble, to make uneasy; to

disturb greatly; to throw into confusion

Prodigious

• Adj

• Immense, extraordinary in bulk, size or

degree

Relevant

• Adjective

• Connected with or related to the matter at

hand

Skittish

• Adjective

• Extremely nervous and easily frightened;

shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable,

undependable

Tether

• Noun: a rope or a chain used to fasten

something to a fixed object; the outer limit

of strength or resources

• Verb: To fasten with a rope or chain

Unison

• Noun

• A sounding together; agreement or accord

Vie

• Verb

• To compete; to strive for victory or

superiority

Willful

• Adjective

• Stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose;

deliberate