Webster Essential Vocabulary

outcome(OWT kuhm) n.result; consequence

• When a coin is tossed, there are two possible outcomes.


• The outcomeof a day at the beach is too often a sunburn.
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Quick Review #60.

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

172 Essential Vocabulary

1. oppression


2. optimism


3. orator


4. orchard


5. orchestra


6. ordain


7. origin


8. originality


9. ornate


10. orthodox


11. ostensible


12. ostentatious


13. ostracism


14. outcast


15. outcome

a. decree

b. traditional

c. ensemble

d. creativity

e. source

f. fancy

g. weighing down

h. grove

i. apparent

j. cheerfulness

k. declaimer

l. pretentious

m. banishment

n. result

o. rejected