ACT WORDS
UNIT #2
ambiguous
• adj. open to or having several possible
meanings or interpretations
amnesty
• n. a general pardon for offenses, especially
political offenses, against a government, often
granted before any trial or conviction
The president of Azerbaijan has
granted amnesty to an opposition
journalist who rights groups say
was jailed for his critical writings.
Musfiq Huseynov was among 99
people granted amnesty by
President Ilham Aliyev.
anagram
• n. a word, phrase, or sentence formed
from another by rearranging its letters
OOPS! What other
words can you spell
with these letters?
analogy
• n. similarity or comparability
anneal
• v. to free from internal stress by heating
and gradually cooling
Notice how it starts
hot, then cools.
anthropology
• n. the science of humans and their works
antipathy
• n. opposition in feeling
THE BEST TEAM EVER!
How I feel about this team…
apprehensive
• adj. uneasy or fearful about something
that might happen
apprise
• v. to give notice to; inform; advise (often
followed by of )
arbiter
• n. a person who has the sole or absolute
power of judging or determining
archaic
• adj. marked by the characteristics of an
earlier period
NOW
THEN
aroma
• n. an odor arising from spices, plants,
cooking, etc., especially an agreeable
odor; fragrance
artifice
• n. a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning,
crafty device or expedient
ascertain
• v. to find out definitely; learn with
certainty or assurance; determine
assiduous
• adj. constant
Word Power
• under – beneath
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– undergraduate
– underground
fore – before in time
– foretell
– foreword
bio – life
– biology
– biography
– ize make
– prioritize
– realize
– ion act of, state of, result of
– Caption
– Action