Flashcards in Unit Three Deck (73)
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to assign or distribute in shares or portions
allot
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to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself;
amass
3
bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
audacious
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to yield to a request or command
comply
5
not having or using, lacking
devoid
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the choice part of a group of people or things
elite
7
superior
elite
8
an iron hook used to grab and hold
grapple
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to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with
grapple
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to deprive of strength or ability
incapacitate
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to stir up, provoke, start, incite
instigate
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long life, long duration, length of life
longevity
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in very great numbers;
myriad
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a very great number
myriad
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a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally
perspective
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to trouble, make uneasy;
perturb
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extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
prodigious
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connected with or related to the matter at hand
relevant
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extremely nervous and easily frightened;
skittish
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a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object
tether
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to fasten with a rope or chain
tether
22
a sounding together;
unison
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to compete;
vie
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stubbornly self-willed;
willful
25
to come together, assemble
amass
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to make legally ineligible
incapacitate
27
to urge on;
instigate
28
the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance
perspective
29
to disturb greatly;
perturb
30
to throw into confusion
perturb
31
immense
prodigious
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shy or timid
skittish
33
extremely cautious
skittish
34
unstable, undependable
skittish
35
the outer limit of strength or resources
tether
36
agreement or accord
unison
37
to strive for victory or superiority
vie
38
done on purpose, deliberate
willful
39
S for allot
apportion, parcel out, allocate
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S for amass
accumulate, pile up, garner
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S for audacious
enterprising, brave
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S for comply
submit to, consent to, acquiesce in
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S for devoid
wanting, bereft
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S for elite
cream of the crop, upper crust
45
S for grapple
tackle, confront, struggle with
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S for incapacitate
disable, debilitate, paralyze, cripple
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S for instigate
urge on, stir up, provoke, start, incite
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S for longevity
long life, long duration, length of life
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S for myriad
innumerable, countless
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S for perspective
viewpoint, sense of proportion
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S for perturb
upset, agitate, anger, irritate
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S for prodigious
gigantic, tremendous, astounding
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S for relevant
pertinent, germane, applicable
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S for skittish
jumpy, restive, capricious, fickle
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S for tether
tie up, chain up, leash
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S for unison
harmony, concord, assent
57
S for vie
contend, rival
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S for willful
headstrong, obstinate, premeditated
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A for amass
scatter, dissipate, squander, waste
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A for audacious
timid, cowardly
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A for comply
reject, refuse, decline
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A for devoid
full, teeming, abounding
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A for elite
rank and file, dregs of society
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A for incapacitate
rehabilitate, restore
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A for instigate
stop, quell, squelch, quash
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A for longevity
brevity, transience
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A for myriad
few, scant, sparse
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A for perturb
delight, gladden, please
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A for prodigious
puny, minuscule, insignificant
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A for relevant
unconnected, extraneous
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A for skittish
bold, daring, reckless, cool, unflappable
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A for tether
untie, let loose
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