Unit 3 Vocabulary

Front 1

unision

Back 1

(n.)a sounding together; agreement or accord

Front 2

vie

Back 2

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

Front 3

allot

Back 3

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

Front 4

amass

Back 4

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

Front 5

audacious

Back 5

(adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

Front 6

comply

Back 6

(v.) to yield to a request or command

Front 7

devoid

Back 7

(adj.) not having or using, lacking

Front 8

elite

Back 8

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

Front 9

grapple

Back 9

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

Front 10

incapacitate

Back 10

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

Front 11

instigate

Back 11

(v.) to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite

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willful

Back 12

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

Front 13

longevity

Back 13

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

Front 14

myriad

Back 14

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

Front 15

perspective

Back 15

(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.

Front 16

perturb

Back 16

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

Front 17

prodigious

Back 17

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

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relevant

Back 18

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

Front 19

skittish

Back 19

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

Front 20

tether

Back 20

(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