Unit 3 Vocab

(V) to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble

Syn: pile up, garner

Ant: scatter, dissipate, squander, waste

• elite

• audacious

• allot

• amass

(V) to yield to a request or command

Syn: consent acquiesce

Ant: reject, refuse, decline

• myriad

• comply

• devoid

• instigate

(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

• perspective

• perturb

• elite

• devoid

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

Syn: debilitate, paralyze, cripple

Ant: rehabilitate, renew

• grapple

• incapacitate

• instigate

• perturb

(N) long life, long duration, length of life

Ant: shortness, transience

• longevity

• myriad

• grapple

• instigate

(N) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance

Syn: viewpoint, sense of proportion

• perspective

• myriad

• grapple

• relevant

(ADJ) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

Syn: gigantic, tremendous, astounding

Ant: puny, minuscule, insignificant

• willful

• vie

• tether

• prodigious

(ADJ) extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable

Syn: jumpy, restive, capricious, fickle

Ant: bold, daring, reckless, cool, unflappable

• devoid

• skittish

• tether

• instigate

(N) a sounding together; agreement or accord

Syn: harmony, concord, assent

• tether

• unison

• vie

• relevant

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

Syn: headstrong, obstinate, premeditated

Ant: docile, pbedient, tractable

• perturb

• relevant

• vie

• willful