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VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY. WORD LIST #1. 1 . allot – (v.) to assign or distribute into shares or portions ( ə ‘ lät ) 2. amass -(v.) to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself (ə ‘mas) 3. a udacious - (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring (ô ‘ dā shəs )

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VOCABULARY

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  1. VOCABULARY

  2. WORD LIST #1 • 1. allot – (v.) to assign or distribute into shares or portions • (ə ‘lät) • 2. amass-(v.) to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself • (ə ‘mas) • 3. audacious- (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring (ô ‘dāshəs ) • 4. comply- (v.)to yield to a request or command • (kəm ‘plī ) • 5. devoid-(adj) not having or using, lacking • (di ‘void)

  3. WORD LIST #1 • 6.elite- (n.) the choice part of the group • (ā ‘let) • 7. grapple- (n.) an iron hook used to grab and hold • (‘grapəl ) (v.) to come to grips with, wrestle with, fight with • 8. incapacitate- (v.) to deprive of strength or ability; • to make legally ineligible • (in kə ‘pas ə tāt) • 9. instigate- (v.) to urge on; to stir up • (‘in stəgāt) • 10. longevity- (n.) long life, long duration • (län ‘jevətē )

  4. WORD LIST #1 • 11. myriad- (‘mir ē əd) -(adj.) in very great numbers; (n.)a very great number • 12. perspective (pər ‘spektiv)- (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 • 13. perturb (pər ‘tərb)- (v.) to trouble, make uneasy, to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion • 14. prodigious (prə ‘dijəs)- (adj.)immerse, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree • 15. relevant (‘rel ə vənt)- (adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand

  5. WORD LIST #1 • 16. skittish (‘skit ish) (adj.) extremely nervous and easily frightened;shy or timid;extremelycautious • 17. tether (‘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 • 18. unison (‘yünəsən) (n.) a sounding together; agreement or accord • 19. vie (vī) (v.) to compete; to strive for victory or superiority • 20. willful (‘wilfəl) (adj.) stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate

  6. WORD LIST #1 SYNONYMS • 1. gigantic, tremendous; astounding ___________________ • 2. harmonious agreement or accord ___________________ • 3. headstrong, obstinate, premeditated ________________ • 4. countless, innumerable ______________________ • 5. to tie up, chain up, leash ___________________

  7. WORD LIST #1 SYNONYMS • 6. to provoke, start, incite ____________________ • 7. to compete, contend, be rivals ___________________ • 8. length of life __________________________ • 9. jumpy, nervous, restive, timid ________________ • 10. to submit to, consent to, acquiesce in ____________

  8. WORD LIST #1 SYNONYMS • 11. having a direct bearing on, pertinent __________________ • 12. to disable, debilitate, paralyze, cripple ___________________ • 13. bold, daring, enterprising _____________________ • 14. to parcel out, apportion, assign ___________________ • 15. the cream of the crop; the upper crust _____________

  9. WORD LIST # 1 SYNONYMS • 16. lacking, wanting, bereft _____________________ • 17. to upset, agitate; to anger, irritate ________________ • 18. to tackle, confront, struggle with ___________________ • 19. to accumulate, pile up ____________________________ • 20. a sense of proportion, a way of looking at things ______________

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