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to assign or distribute in portions (verb) The teacher alloted books to each student. |
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to bring together; collect; gather (verb) A smart investor can amass a fortune in the stock market. |
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bold; adventurous (adj) The audience cheered the audacious feats of the trapeze artist. |
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to yield to a request or command (verb) Employees who fail to comply with a company's rules my lose their jobs. |
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not having or using; lacking (adj) The old well on my property has long been devoid of water. |
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the choice part/group of people/things; superior (noun) The social elite of the community sponsor special fundraisers. |
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an iron hook used to grab/hold (noun) to come to grips with; wrestle (verb) A ship equipped with a grapple may be used to recover pieces of wreckage. Store employees grapple with thieves. |
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to deprive of strength/ability; make legally ineligible (verb) Polio incapacitates thousands of people each year. |
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to urge on; to stir up or provoke; to start (verb) Demonstrators in the angry crowd did their best to instigate a riot. |
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long life; long duration (noun) The sea turtle is known for its longevity. |
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in very great numbers; countless; numerous (adj) You will find information on a myriad of subjects on the Internet. |
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a point of view; appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time/place/distance (noun) The designs for the playhouse were drawn to scale and in the right perspective. |
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to trouble; make uneasy; to disturb; throw into confusion (verb) The disruptive behavior of several party guests perturbed the host and hostess. |
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immense; extraordinary in bulk/size/degree (adj) Landing men on the moon is probably our most prodigious achievement. |
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connected with or related to the matter at hand (adj) I found several websites that provided information relevant to my topic. |
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extremely nervous; easily frightened, shy , timid (adj) Only an experienced rider should mount a skittish horse. |
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a rope/chain used to fasten something to a fixed object (noun) to fasten with a rope or chain (verb) Some young people find it difficult to break the emotional tether that binds them to their parents. Before the storm, I tethered the boat to the dock. |
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a sounding together; agreement (noun) The members of our orchestra need to practice playing in unison. |
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ro compete; to strive for victory/superiority (verb) Many actors vie for the leading role. |
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stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose (adj) The jury found the defendant guilty of willful murder. |
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