Vocabulary
1) Anarchist
2) Anecdote
3) Animosity
4) Antagonism
5) Antidote
6) Antiquated
7) Apathy
8) Appease
9) Apprehension
10) Arbitrary
Please record the following vocabulary words,
leaving space for definitions. Make sure to record
them with Vocabulary List #1 (ALL vocab should be
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11) Archaic
12) Arrogance
13) Articulate
14) Artifact
15) Artisan
16) Ascendancy
17) Ascetic
18) Aspire
19) Astute
20) Attribute
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Anarchist –
person who seeks to overturn the established government;
advocate of abolishing authority
After the government fell to
the rebels, the city fell into
anarchy. There were riots,
looting, and chaotic acts
everywhere.
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Anecdote –
short account of an amusing or interesting event
Chicken Jerry was not interested in
Chicken Marcus’ anecdote about
his experiences in elevators.
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Animosity –
active enmity (hate)
The peas and carrots on
Gina’s plate attacked
each other with intense
animosity.
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Antagonism –
hostility; active resistance
The fish antagonized the cat
by saying “Nanah nanah boo
boo.” Then the cat ate him.
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Antidote –
medicine to counteract a poison or disease
Lisa went a little crazy when
trying to find a husband. She
decided to poison him and
only offer an antidote if he
agreed to marriage.
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Antiquated –
old-fashioned; obsolete
The flip phone, the
cassette tape, and the
beeper have all
become antiquated
forms of technology.
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Apathy –
lack of caring; indifference
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Appease –
pacify or sooth; relieve
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Apprehension –
fear
The penguins felt
apprehension when
seeing the walrus’
devious grin and giant
bowling ball.
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Arbitrary –
capricious; randomly
chosen; tyrannical
Depending on where you live,
the temperature of 50
degrees is arbitrary. It can
be considered cold or warm.
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Archaic –
Antiquated (ancient)
The antiquated version of
the song did not make sense
to the teenagers.
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Arrogance –
pride; haughtiness
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Articulate –
Having the ability to speak fluently and coherently
The dolphin felt silly. He
knew what he wanted to
say about fish, but couldn’t
find the right words to
articulate his opinion.
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Artifact –
object made by human beings, either handmade or massproduced
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Artisan –
manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist
The artisan group of
farmers grew their own
food to sell at the
farmers market.
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Ascendancy –
controlling influence; domination
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Ascetic –
practicing self-denial; austere
Samuel the Dog decided to
adopt an ascetic lifestyle,
where he would live off of
the most basic necessities of
life.
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Aspire –
seek to attain; long for
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Astute –
wise; shrewd; keen
The astute giraffe was
able to name all of the
animals of the animal
kingdom.
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Attribute –
ascribe; explain
Robber Squirrel
explained to Fluffy Bunny
that while fluffiness was
attributed to innocence; it
would not protect him in
a court of law.
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A review from last time…
Abstruse –
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
The child didn’t understand the abstruse internet
article on Dark Matter and the String Theory.
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Adversity –
unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
The snake experienced
adversity when being
bullied by the school of
possums.
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Alleviate –
Relieve
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Aloof –
apart; reserved
Aloof Cat taught Aloof Cat
Jr. how to ignore people
who tried to pet them.
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Ambiguous –
unclear or doubtful in meaning
It was ambiguous whether they
were eating with their
Grandma or actually eating
their Grandma.
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