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Essential Vocabulary
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QUICK REVIEW #3
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. acknowledge a. harshness
2. acquire b. bedeck
3. acquisition c. decide
4. acrimony d. approve
5. acute e. stick

6. adapt f. confess
7. adept g. splendid
8. adhere h. gain
9. adjudicate i. change
10. admirable j. hire
11. admire k. expert
12. adorn 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 adulate him.
• Ali always adulates her 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 advantageous for American industry.
• Because they get to bat last, the home team in a baseball game is in an
advantageous position.
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 adversarial relationship—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 adversary in the boxing ring on three sepa-
rate occasions.
• The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox are legendary adversaries in
baseball’s American League.
• In World War II, the U.S.’s Pacific adversary was Japan.
[Syn. enemy, opponent]