Webster Essential Vocabulary

atypical (ay TIP i kl) adj.not usual; not characteristic; abnormal

• Failing to run away when people came near was atypicalbehavior on the
  part of the raccoon.


• It was atypicalfor Ryan to display poor manners.
  [(also atypic), -ly adv.]

Quick Review #10.

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

34 Essential Vocabulary

audacious*(aw DAY shuhs) adj. 1. bold or daring; fearless; 2. not restrained by
a feeling of shame or impropriety; rudely bold; brazen

• Severely outnumbered, the platoon’s audaciousattack caught the enemy by
  surprise.


• After Sonya had had one drink too many, her audaciousbehavior toward
  the host got her ejected from the party.
  [-ness n., -ly adv.] [Syn. bold]
  audience(AW dee ens) n.1. a group of people assembled to see and hear a
  speaker, play, concert, etc.; 2. everybody who is tuned in to a particular TV or radio
  show; 3. everybody who hears what one says or who reads what one writes; one’s
  public; 4. a chance to have one’s ideas heard; 5. a formal interview with a person in
  a high position


• The audiencecompletely filled the theater to see Aida.


• The Superbowl always draws a large TV audience.


• Stephen King has a ready audiencefor whatever he writes.


• The TV networks all gave the candidates an audienceso that the public
  might hear their positions.


• Very few are fortunate enough to get an audiencewith the president of the
  United States.

1. assiduous


2. assist


3. associate


4. assume


5. assumption


6. astute


7. athlete


8. attain


9. attention


10. attitude


11. attribute


12. atypical

a. feign

b. posture

c. crafty

d. reach

e. quality

f. combine

g. courtesy

h. unusual

i. attentive

j. supposition

k. skilled one

l. aid