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English- Vocab-3
Vocab. words for unit 3
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English
8th Grade
01/10/2013

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allot

Definition

v

to assign or distrubure 

in shares or portions

Term
amass
Definition

v

to bring together

collect 

gather

especially for ones self

Term

 

audacious

Definition

adj.

bold

adventurous

recklessly daring

Term

 

comply

Definition

v

to yield to a request or command

Term

 

devoid

Definition

adj.

not having or using

lacking

Term

 

elite

Definition

n

the choice part of a group of people or  things

Term

 

grapple

 

Definition

v

to come to grips with

wrestle or fight with

 

struggle

Term

 

incapacitate

Definition

v

to deprive of strength or ability

 

paralyze

Term
instigate
Definition

v

to urge on

to stir up

provoke, startm incite

Term

 

longevity

Definition

n

a long life 

a long duration

 

Term

 

myriad

Definition

n

a very great number

Term

 

perspective

Definition

n

a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally

Term

 

perturb

Definition

v

to troubble

make uneasy

to throw into confusion

 

upset

Term

 

prodigious

Definition

adj.

immense

extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

 

(a prodigious ammount of stars)

Term

 

relevant

Definition

adj.

connected with or related to the subject

 

Term

 

skittish

Definition

adj.

ectremely nervous and easily frightened

shy

timid

Term

 

thether

Definition

v

to fasten with a rope or chain

Term

 

unison

Definition

n

a sounding together

areement

accord

 

harmony

Term

 

vie

Definition

v

to compete

to strive for victory or superiority

 

rival

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willful

Definition

adj.

stubbornly self-willed

done on purpose

deloberate

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