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Vocabulary 4a. adroit - innundate. ADROIT. adjective skillful in coping with difficulty or danger synonyms: shrewd, resourceful Indiana Jones is adroit at escaping traps. adversary. noun person or group that opposes another synonyms: opponent, enemy, foe
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Vocabulary4a adroit - innundate
ADROIT • adjective • skillful in coping with • difficulty or danger • synonyms:shrewd, • resourceful • Indiana Jones is adroit at escaping traps.
adversary • noun • person or group that • opposes another • synonyms:opponent, • enemy, foe • Harry Potter was Voldemort’s greatest adversary.
avert • verb • ward off; avoid • synonyms:prevent, • forestall • Some tragedies can be easily averted.
cogent • adjective • appealing to reason • synonyms:convincing, • logical • People use logic to create cogent arguments. All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.
demolish • verb • tear down • synonyms:destroy, • raze • Some buildings must be demolished to make way for new construction.
evaporate • verb • turn into gas or • invisible minute • particles • synonyms:disappear, • vanish • Almost all rain comes from evaporated seawater.
fiscal • adjective • having to do with • money or finance • synonyms:financial, • monetary • Keeping three months salary in the bank makes good fiscal sense.
hamper • verb • hold back; • interfere with • synonyms:hinder, • obstruct • Some dogs wear muzzles to hamper their biting instinct.
humid • adjective • having a perceptible • amount of moisture • synonyms:damp, moist • wet • Tropical rainforests are among the most humid places on earth.
inundate • verb • overspread with • water • synonyms:flood, • deluge • swamp • Hurricane Katrina broke the levees and inundated the city of New Orleans.
Don’t get confused! preys verb to hunt and kill something for food prays verb to speak to a god or deity praise verb to honor; to compliment