English Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 3

Front 1

allot

Back 1

allot
v
to assign or distribute in shares or portions

syn: apportion, parcel out, allocate

Front 2

amass

Back 2

amass
v
to bring together, collect, and assemble

syn: accumulate,pile up, garner

ant: scatter, dissipate, squander, waste

Front 3

audacious

Back 3

audacious
adj

bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

syn: enterprising, brave
ant: timid, cowardly

Front 4

comply

Back 4

comply
v

to yield to a request or a command

syn: submit to, consent to, acquiesce in

ant: reject, refuse, decline

Front 5

devoid

Back 5

devoid
adj

not having or using, lacking

syn: wanting, bereft

ant: full, teeming, abounding

Front 6

elite

Back 6

elite
n
the choice part of a group of people or things

adj
superior

syn:(n) cream of the crop, upper crust
ant: (n) rank and file, dregs of society

adj superior

Front 7

grapple

Back 7

grapple
n
an iron hook used to grab and hold

v
to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

syn: (v) tackle, confront, struggle with
to fight

Front 8

incapacitate

Back 8

incapacitate
v
to deprive of strength or ability, to make legally ineligible

syn: disable, debilitate, paralyze, cripple

ant: rehabilitate, restore

Front 9

instigate

Back 9

instigate
v

to urge on, to stire up, provoke, start, incite.

ant: stop, quell, squelch, quash

Front 10

longetivity

Back 10

longevity
n

long life, long duration, length of life

ant: brevity, tansience

Front 11

myriad

Back 11

myriad
adj
in very great numbers
n
a very great number

syn: (adj) innumerable, countless
ant: (adj) few, scant, sparse
ant:

Front 12

perspective

Back 12

perspective
n

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

syn: viewpoint, sense of proportion

Front 13

perturb

Back 13

perturb
v

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

syn: upset, agitate, anger, irritate
ant: delight, gladden, please

Front 14

prodigious

Back 14

prodigious
adj
immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

syn: gigantic, tremendous, astounding

ant: puny, minuscule, insignificant

Front 15

relevant

Back 15

relevant
adj

connected with or related to the matter at hand.

syn: pertinent, germane, applicable

ant: bold, daring, reckless, cool, unflappable

Front 16

skittish

Back 16

skittish
adj

extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable

syn: jumpy, restive, capricious, fickle

ant: bold, daring, reckless, cool, unflappable

Front 17

tether

Back 17

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

syn: (v) tie up, chain up, leash

ant (v) untie, let loose

Front 18

unison

Back 18

unison
n
a sounding together; agreement or accord

syn: harmony, concord, assent

Front 19

vie

Back 19

vie
v
to compete; to strive for victory or superiority

syn: contend, rival

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willful

Back 20

willful
adj

stubbornly self-willed,;done on purpose, deliberate.

syn: headstrong, obstinate, premeditated

ant: docile, obedient, tractable