Vocabulary Set A2 Word Scramble
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acumen | n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. | Her business acumen helped her to become one of the richest women in New York. |
adumbrate | v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. | "My brother Falkland, who died at sixteen, was one of those rare beings sent into the world to adumbrate perfection, then cut short in the flower of youth, to the bewilderment of mortals who cannot grasp the meaning of the Creator's scheme." |
alacrity | n. Cheerful willingness. | "Certainly, Miss," John said, rising with alacrity from his desk, and coming to the doorway; "is there anything I can do?" |
anathema | n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage. | The current management of government spending is an anathema to the way most families manage their budget. |
acrimony | n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. | Much of their distrust for each other seems to stem from their acrimonious divorce. |
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