Engish Unit 3
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noeliamaria1 on December 7, 2009
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Allot | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
| elite | the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons., a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status |
| myriad | a large indefinite number |
| skittish | (adj.) extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable |
| amass | collect or gather |
| grapple | the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat |
| perspective | point of view |
| tether | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
| audacious | unrestrained by convention or propriety |
| perturb | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed |
| unison | occurring together or simultaneously |
| comply | to yield to a request or command |
| instigate | provoke or stir up |
| prodigious | far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree |
| vie | (v.) to compete; to strive for victory or superiority |
| devoid | not having or using, lacking |
| longevity | the property of being long-lived |
| relevant | having crucial relevance |
| willful | (adj.) stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate |
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