Webster Essential Vocabulary

agenda*(uh JEN duh) n.a list of things to be done; especially, a program of
things to be done at a meeting

• Jason wanted to settle down and have children, but his brother Dylan had
  a totally different agenda.


• “Old Business” was the second thing on the agendafor the meeting, just
  after the reading of the minutes from the last meeting.
  agile(A juhl) adj.1. able to move quickly and easily; deft and active of body or
  mind; 2. keen and lively (of mind)


• The ballerina showed how agileshe was as she effortlessly danced and frol-
  icked about the stage.


• The comedian was agileof mind as he moved from one quip seamlessly to
  the next.
  [agilely adv.,agility n.]
  agrarian (uhg RAR ee uhn) adj.1. relating to land in general; 2. relating to
  farms, farmers, and agriculture


• The agrarianlaws of the late twentieth century had the government paying
  farmers to not grow certain crops.


• Agrarianschools teach farmers about crop rotation and how alternating
  certain crops replenishes soil nutrients.

Quick Review #4.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

16 Essential Vocabulary

1. adulate


2. advantageous


3. adversarial


4. adversary


5. adversity


6. aerate


7. aesthetic


8. affect


9. affront


10. agenda


11. agile


12. agrarian

a. hostile

b. carbonate

c. list

d. offend

e. fawn

f. agricultural

g. keen

h. artistic

i. profitable

j. calamity

k. assume

l. opponent