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Lesson4 VocabHorwitz
Lesson 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anomaly | N. A deviation from what is normal or expected. Forms: anomalous |
| Apathy | N. Lack of feeling, emotion, or interest. Forms: Apathetic, apathetically |
| Appall | V. To fill with intense horror, fear, or dismay. Forms: appalling |
| Apprehend | V. 1.To arrest or take into custody. 2.To perceive or understand the meaning of. 3.To look forward with fear or anxiety. Forms: Apprehension, apprehensiveness, apprehensive, apprehensively |
| Arbitrary | Adj. 1.Subject to or determines by one's judgement; random. 2.Arrived at by an exercise of the will, personal preference, or whim, as opposed to being based on reason or justice. 3.Given to willful decisions or demands;tyrannical or dictatorial. |
| Arbitrate | V. To act as an impartial judge in a dispute; to settle. Forms: arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrator, arbiter, arbitrational, arbitrable |
| Array | V, N. 1.To line up; to dress up. 2.An imposing grouping; rich and beautiful attire. |
| Articulate | V, Adj. 1. To pronounce distinctly;to express well in words. 2.Expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language easily and fluently. |
| Askew | Adj, Adv. 1.Out of line or position; turned to one side. 2.Disapprovingly; scornfully. |
| Assimilate | V. 1.To absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own. 2.To adapt fully or to make like. |