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apprehension
Ex. The tourist refused to drive his rental car through downtown Miami because he felt some apprehension that he might be carjacked. |
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| fear; discernment; capture |
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arable
Ex. The first setlers wrote home glowing reports of the New World, praising its vast acres of arable land ready for the plow. |
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arbitrary
Ex. The coach claimed the team lost because the um,pire made some arbitrary calls. |
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| unreasonable or capricious; randomly selected without any reason; based solely on one's unrestricted will or judgment. |
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archaic
Ex. "Methinks," "thee," and "thou" are archaic words that are no longer part of our standard vocabulary |
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ardor
Ex. Katya's ardor was cathcing; soon all her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers, inspired by her enthusiasm for the cause. |
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arid
Ex. The cactus has adapted to survive in an arid environment. |
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arrogance
Ex. Convinced that Emma thought she was better than anyone else in the class, Ed rebuked her for her arrogance |
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articulate
Ex. Her articulate presentation of the advertising campaign impressed her employers so much that they put her in charge of the project. |
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artifact
Ex. Archaeologists debated the significance of the artifacts discovered in the ruins of Asia Minor but came to no conclusion about the culture they represented. |
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| object made by human beings, eithere handmade or mass produced |
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artisan
Ex. Elderly artisans from Italy trained Harlem teenagers to carve the stone figures that would decorate the new wing of the cathedral. |
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| manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist |
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