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Essential Vocabulary
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QUICK REVIEW #89
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. amenable a. ancient studies
2. amortize b. design
3. animosity c. irregular
4. annul d. obedient
5. anomalous e. treelike

6. antibody f. judgment
7. antipathy g. old
8. apprehension h. aversion
9. arabesque i. abolish
10. arboreal j. pay
11. archaeology k. protein
12. archaic l. enmity

ardor (AHR doer) n. 1. eagerness; enthusiasm; zeal; 2. warm passion; fire
• Zelda embraced her new job as editor in chief with ardor.
• The old-timer spoke with ardor as he recounted tales of the good old days
in the 1970s.
[Syn. passion]
articulate (ahr TIK yoo LAYT for verb, ar TIK yi lit for adj.) vt. 1. to annunciate;
to speak; to put into spoken or written words; to express clearly; 2. to arrange in
connected sequence —adj. 1. having parts connected by joints; 2. well spoken; able
to speak; 3. clearly presented
• It fell to Abraham Lincoln to articulate the needs and wishes of his
constituents.
• Many new automobiles have windshield-wiper arms that articulate to clean
more of the windshield than the older ones.
• Bones of human legs are articulated at the knees and at the ankles.
• It is a plus in the business world if you are articulate.
• Katherine’s presentation to the school board was very articulate.
[-d, articulating, -ness n.]
artifact (AHR ti FAKT) n. anything man-made (especially a primitive tool,
vessel, or weapon)
• Artifacts from the wreck of the Titanic are making their rounds of American
and British museums.
• The earliest artifacts to have survived to the present time are from the
Old Stone Age.