Unit 3 Vocab Cards

Front 1

(v.) to assign or distibute in shares or portions

Back 1

allot

Front 2

(v.) to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble

Back 2

amass

Front 3

(adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

Back 3

audacious

Front 4

(v.) to yield to a request or command

Back 4

comply

Front 5

(adj.) not having or using, lacking

Back 5

devoid

Front 6

(n.) the choice part of a group of people or things; (adj.) superior

Back 6

elite

Front 7

(n.) an iron hook used to grab and hold; (v.)to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

Back 7

grapple

Front 8

(v.) to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally inelligible

Back 8

incapacitate

Front 9

(v.) to urge on; to stir up

Back 9

instigate

Front 10

(n.) long life, long duration, length of life

Back 10

longevity

Front 11

(adj.) in very great number; (n.) a very great number

Back 11

myriad

Front 12

(n.) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or metally; the apperarance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance

Back 12

perspective

Front 13

(v.) to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion

Back 13

perturb

Front 14

(adj.) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

Back 14

prodigious

Front 15

(adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand

Back 15

relevant

Front 16

(adj.) extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable

Back 16

skittish

Front 17

(n.) a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer lmit of strength or resources; (v.)to fasten with a rope or chain

Back 17

tether

Front 18

(n.) a sounding together; agreement or accord

Back 18

unison

Front 19

(v.) to compete; to strive for victory or superiority

Back 19

vie

Front 20

(adj.) stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate

Back 20

willful