G8 Vocabulary - Set 4 (20 words)

What does 'allot' mean?

• to assign or distribute in shares or portions

• to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself

• bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

• to yield to a request or command

Explain 'prodigious'.

• to come together, assemble

• to upset, make uneasy

• immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

• to assign or distribute in shares or portions

What is the definition of 'unison'?

• to collect, to gather in a large quantity

• a sounding together; agreement or accord

• to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite

• to assign or distribute in shares or portions

What is the meaning of 'devoid'?

• an iron hook used to grab and hold

• not having, lacking, free from

• long life, long duration, length of life

• in very great numbers

Explain 'longevity'.

• to come together, assemble

• long life, long duration, length of life

• to yield to a request or command

• to assign or distribute in shares or portions

Explain 'vie'.

• to come together, assemble

• to compete; to strive for victory or superiority

• to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite

• to assign or distribute in shares or portions

What does 'skittish' mean?

• to come together, assemble

• extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid

• to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite

• to assign or distribute in shares or portions

What is the definition of 'instigate'?

• to come together, assemble

• to trouble, make uneasy

• to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite

• to assign or distribute in shares or portions

Define 'comply'.

• to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

• to deprive of strength or ability

• to yield to a request or command

• to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite

Explain 'elite'.

• to trouble, make uneasy

• the choice part of a group of people or things

• long life, long duration, length of life

• to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself