- allot: v. to assign or distribute into shares or portions.
- amass: v. to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble.
- audacious: adj. bold, adventurous, recklessly daring.
- comply: v. to yield to a request or command.
- devoid: adj. not having or using, lacking.
- elite: n. the choice part of a group of people or things; adj. superior.
- grapple: n. an iron hook used to grab and hold; v. to come to grips with, wrestle with, fight with.
- incapacitate: v. to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible.
- instigate: v. to urge on; to stir up.
- longevity: n. long life, long duration.
- myriad: adj. in very great numbers; n. a very great number.
- perspective: n. a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed.
- perturb: v. to make troub;e, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion.
- prodigious: adj. immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree.
- relevant: adj. connected with or related to the matter at hand.
- skittish: adj. extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable.
- tether: n. a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or recourses; v. to fasten with a rope or chain.
- unison: n. a sounding together; agreement or accord.
- vie: v. to compete; to strive for victory or superiority.
- willful: adj. stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate.