Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 3

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allot

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(v) to assign or distribute in shares or portions (syn) apportion, parcel out, allocate

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amass

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(v) to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble (syn) accumulate, pile up, garner (ant) scatter, dissipate, squander, waste

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audacious

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(adj) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring (syn) enterprising, brave (ant) timid, cowardly

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comply

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(v) to yield to a request or command (syn) submit to, consent to, acquiesce in (ant) reject, refuse, decline

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devoid

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(adj) not having or using, lacking (syn) wanting, bereft (ant) full, teeming, abounding

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elite

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(n) the choice part of a group of people or things (adj) superior (syn) (n) cream of the crop, upper crust (ant) (n) rank and file, dregs of society

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grapple

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(n) an iron hook used to grab and hold; (v) to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with (syn) (v) tackle, confront, struggle with

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incapacitate

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(v) to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible (syn) disable, debilitate, paralyze, cripple (ant) rehabilitate, restore

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instigate

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(v) to urge on, stir up, provoke, start, incite (ant) stop, quell, squelch, quash

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longevity

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(n) long life, long duration, length of life (ant) brevity, transience