Webster Essential Vocabulary

Quick Review #3.

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

14 Essential Vocabulary

1. acknowledge


2. acquire


3. acquisition


4. acrimony


5. acute


6. adapt


7. adept


8. adhere


9. adjudicate


10. admirable


11. admire


12. adorn

a. harshness

b. bedeck

c. decide

d. approve

e. stick

f. confess

g. splendid

h. gain

i. change

j. hire

k. expert

l. serious

adulate(AD joo let) vt.1. to praise too highly or flatter in a servile manner; 2.
to admire to an excessive degree

• In the king’s presence, his subjects often adulatehim.


• Ali always adulatesher husband Joe when she’s looking to get him to do
  something for her.
  [-d, adulating, adulation, adulator n., adulatory adj.]
  advantageous(AD van TAY juhss) adj.resulting in having an advantage; prof-
  itable; favorable


• The outbreak of war in Europe was quite advantageousfor American industry.


• Because they get to bat last, the home team in a baseball game is in an
  advantageousposition.
  adversarial*(AD voer SER ee uhl) adj.of or characterized by disagreement,
  opposition, hostility, etc. (as would be the case between adversaries)


• A prosecutor and a defense attorney have an adversarialrelationship—at
  least while they are in court.


• During the U.S. Civil War, the Union and the Confederacy were adversarial.
  adversary(AD vuhr SER ee) n.a person who fights against another; one who is
  in opposition to something


• Muhammad Ali was Joe Frasier’s adversaryin the boxing ring on three sepa-
  rate occasions.


• The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox are legendary adversariesin
  baseball’s American League.


• In World War II, the U.S.’s Pacific adversarywas Japan.
  [Syn. enemy, opponent]