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Essential Vocabulary
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agenda* (uh JEN duh) n. a list of things to be done; especially, a program of
things to be done at a meeting
• Jason wanted to settle down and have children, but his brother Dylan had
a totally different agenda.
• “Old Business” was the second thing on the agenda for the meeting, just
after the reading of the minutes from the last meeting.
agile (A juhl) adj. 1. able to move quickly and easily; deft and active of body or
mind; 2. keen and lively (of mind)
• The ballerina showed how agile she was as she effortlessly danced and frol-
icked about the stage.
• The comedian was agile of mind as he moved from one quip seamlessly to
the next.
[agilely adv., agility n.]
agrarian (uhg RAR ee uhn) adj. 1. relating to land in general; 2. relating to
farms, farmers, and agriculture
• The agrarian laws of the late twentieth century had the government paying
farmers to not grow certain crops.
• Agrarian schools teach farmers about crop rotation and how alternating
certain crops replenishes soil nutrients.

QUICK REVIEW #4

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

1. adulate a. hostile
2. advantageous b. carbonate
3. adversarial c. list
4. adversary d. offend

5. adversity e. fawn
6. aerate f. agricultural
7. aesthetic g. keen
8. affect h. artistic
9. affront i. profitable
10. agenda j. calamity
11. agile k. assume
12. agrarian l. opponent