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PAXON HOLLOW VOCABULARY
UNIT 3
20
English
Not Applicable
12/05/2005

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allot
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(v)to assign or distribute in shares or portions
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amass
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(v)to bring together collect, gather especially for oneself; to come together, assemble
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audacious
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(adj)bold, adventurous, reckelessy daring
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comply
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(v)to yield to a request or command
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devoid
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(adj)not having or using, lacking
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elite
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(n)the choice part of a group o fpeople or things;(adj)superior
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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
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incapacitate
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(v)to deprive of strength or ability;to make legally ineligible
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instigate
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(v)to urge on;to stir up,provoke, start, incite
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longevity
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(n)long life,long duration,length of life
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myriad
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(adj)in very great numbers;(n)a very great number
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perspective
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(n)a pont of view or general standpont from which diferent things are viewed,physically or mentally;the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time,place,or distance
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perturb
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(v)to trouble,make uneasy;to disturb greatly;to throw into confusion
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prodigious
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(adj)immense;extraordinary in bulk,size,or degree
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relevant
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(adj)connected with or related to the matter at hand
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skittish
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(adj)extremelynervous and easily frightend;shy or timid;extremely cautious; unstable, undependable
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tether
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(n)a rope or chain used to fasten someting to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources;(v)to fasten with a rope or chain
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unison
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(n)a sounding together;aggreement or accord
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vie
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(v)to compete;to strive for victroy or superiority
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willful
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(adj)stubbornly self-willed;done on purpose,deliberate
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