READING VOCABULARY

Analogous: comparable in certain respects,

Sentence: an airplane’s joystick is somewhat analogous to the reins on a horse.

Ambiguous: not clear or decided.

Sentence: we were confused by the ambiguous wording of the message.

Anecdote: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Sentence: he told some funny anecdotes about famous people.

Anthology: a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.

Sentence: they’ve just published an anthology of love poems

Antagonism: hate, extreme unfriendliness, or active opposition to someone:

Sentence: he felt nothing but antagonism towards her boss.

Apparent: clearly visible or understood; obvious.

Sentence: it soon became apparent that he had a real talent for football

Arbitrary: based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

Sentence: in spite of the cold weather, we made an arbitrary trip to the beach.

Assurance: a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise.

Sentence: he gave an assurance that work would begin on monday

Beleaguer: to cause a lot of problems or difficulties for someone

Sentence: our leaders decided to beleaguer the city

Buoyant: happy and confident, successful or making a profit, floating or able to float.

Sentence: share prices were buoyant today in active trading

Burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly

Sentence: as car prices go down, car dealers are expecting sales to burgeon

Coalesce: come together to form one mass or whole.

Sentence: the markets have coalesced into a single global market.