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Essential Vocabulary
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QUICK REVIEW #15
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. carnivorous a. sure
2. cartographer b. intellectual
3. castigate c. doze
4. catalyst d. hundred

5. catnap e. evaluator
6. cautious f. demand
7. celebrate g. mapmaker
8. censor h. expediter
9. century i. meat eating
10. cerebral j. wary
11. certain k. punish
12. challenge l. observe

character (KAR ik tir) n. 1. a special mark; 2. any symbol or letter that’s used in
writing and printing; 3. style of printing or handwriting; 4. a magical symbol or
mystic emblem; a code or cipher; 5. a distinctive quality or trait; an attribute; a
characteristic; 6. essential quality; nature; 7. the personality of an individual or
group; 8. status; position; 9. a part in a play, movie, etc.
• The cabinetmaker marked the drawer bottom with his own character to
identify it as having been made by him.
• Omega is the final character of the Greek alphabet.
• Arabic characters are used in our system of numerals.
• Philip’s handwriting has a great deal of character.
• A pyramid with an eye is a character on the Great Seal of the United States
of America.
• It is the character of the scorpion to sting indiscriminately.
• I recommend Edith as having character of the highest sort.
• Sheep have the character of flocking together.
• The character of the presidency is one of great power.
• Don’t always take the advice of an actor, just because the character he plays
is that of a doctor on TV.
[Syn. disposition, quality]