Unit Three Vocab

(n.) long life, long duration, length of life
ant: shortness, transience

• myriad

• longevity

• elite

• grapple

(v.) to yield to a request or command

syn: consent, acquiesce

ant: reject, refuse, decline

• tether

• incapacitate

• perturb

• comply

(n.) a sounding together; agreement or accord

syn: harmony, concord, assent

• amass

• unison

• allot

• myriad

(adj.) not having or using, lacking

syn: wanting, bereft

ant: full, abounding

• devoid

• prodigious

• unison

• skittish

(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

• audacious

• elite

• myriad

• prodigious

(n.) iron hook used to grab and hold

(v.) to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

syn: (v.) tackle, confront, struggle with

• vie

• tether

• grapple

• instigate

(adj.) stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate

syn: headstrong, obstinate, premeditated

ant: docile, obedient, tractable

• devoid

• elite

• prodigious

• willful

(v.) to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible

syn: debilitate, paralyze, cripple

ant: rehabilitate, renew

• comply

• perturb

• instigate

• incapacitate

(v.) to urge on; to stir up, start, incite

ant: stop, quell, squelch, quash

• instigate

• comply

• perturb

• amass

(adj.) in very great numbers

(n.) a very great number

syn: (adj.) innumerable, countless

ant: (adj.) few, scant, sparse

• unison

• perspective

• myriad

• amass