Webster Essential Vocabulary

Quick Review #89.

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

250 Essential Vocabulary

1. amenable


2. amortize


3. animosity


4. annul


5. anomalous


6. antibody


7. antipathy


8. apprehension


9. arabesque


10. arboreal


11. archaeology


12. archaic

a. ancient studies

b. design

c. irregular

d. obedient

e. treelike

f. judgment

g. old

h. aversion

i. abolish

j. pay

k. protein

l. enmity

ardor(AHR doer) n. 1. eagerness; enthusiasm; zeal; 2. warm passion; fire

• Zelda embraced her new job as editor in chief with ardor.


• The old-timer spoke with ardoras he recounted tales of the good old days
  in the 1970s.
  [Syn. passion]
  articulate(ahr TIK yoo LAYT for verb,ar TIK yi lit for adj.) vt. 1. to annunciate;
  to speak; to put into spoken or written words; to express clearly; 2. to arrange in
  connected sequence —adj. 1. having parts connected by joints; 2. well spoken; able
  to speak; 3. clearly presented


• It fell to Abraham Lincoln to articulatethe needs and wishes of his
  constituents.


• Many new automobiles have windshield-wiper arms that articulateto clean
  more of the windshield than the older ones.


• Bones of human legs are articulatedat the knees and at the ankles.


• It is a plus in the business world if you are articulate.


• Katherine’s presentation to the school board was very articulate.
  [-d, articulating, -ness n.]
  artifact(AHR ti FAKT) n. anything man-made (especially a primitive tool,
  vessel, or weapon)


• Artifactsfrom the wreck of the Titanicare making their rounds of American
  and British museums.


• The earliest artifactsto have survived to the present time are from the
  Old Stone Age.