Webster Essential Vocabulary

Quick Review #6.

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

22 Essential Vocabulary

1. amicable


2. among


3. amorphous


4. amphibian


5. amplify


6. amusement


7. amusing


8. anachronistic


9. analogy


10. analysis


11. analytical


12. analyze

a. entertainment

b. examine

c. likeness

d. examination

e. vague

f. untimely

g. separating

h. friendly

i. funny

j. within

k. increase

l. caecilian

anarchy (AN er kee) n.1. a complete lack of government; 2. characterized by
political disorder and violence; lawlessness; 3. disorder in any area of activity or
endeavor

• With no government in power, anarchyreigned supreme.


• In the current state of anarchy,looting and violence were the everyday
  state of affairs.


• With no proven theory as to the mechanism of the Copelia virus, anarchy
  prevailed in the field of viral research.
  [anarchic, anarchical adj., anarchist n., anarchically adv.]
  ancestor(AN ses toer) n.1. someone from whom one is descended, especially
  one earlier than a grandparent; forefather; forebear; 2. an earlier kind of animal
  from which later types have evolved; 3. anything regarded as a forerunner of a
  thing that developed later


• My neighbor Bryan claims that Davey Crockett was his ancestor.


• The sabertooth tiger is thought to be an ancestorof today’s big cats as well
  as domesticated cats.


• The British Morris Mini is considered the ancestorof all modern compact
  cars with sideways-mounted engines.
  [ancestral adj.]