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ESSENTIAL
VOCABULARY
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ESSENTIAL
VOCABULARY
by David A. Herzog
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Webster’s New World
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Essential Vocabulary
Copyright © 2005 by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Published simultaneously in Canada
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in
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Herzog, David Alan.
Webster’s New World essential vocabulary / by David A. Herzog.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7645-7165-6 (pbk.)
1. Vocabulary. 2. Vocabulary—Problems, exercises, etc. 3. Vocabulary—Examinations—Study
guides. I.Title: Essential vocabulary. II.Title.
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Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank Willis, Gizmo, Lefty, and Archie for their furry invalu-
able assistance.
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to the memories of Rose and George Herzog, Henry Smolinski,
and Allan Shaw, and to their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren on four
continents.
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Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Quick Review #23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Quick Review #24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Quick Review #25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
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Quick Review #26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Quick Review #27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Quick Review #28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Quick Review #29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Quick Review #30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Quick Review #31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Quick Review #32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Quick Review #33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Quick Review #34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Quick Review #35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Quick Review #36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Quick Review #37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Quick Review #38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Quick Review #39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Quick Review #40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
G – H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Quick Review #41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Quick Review #42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Quick Review #43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Quick Review #44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Quick Review #45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Quick Review #46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Quick Review #70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Quick Review #71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Quick Review #72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Quick Review #73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Quick Review #74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Quick Review #75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Quick Review #76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Quick Review #77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Quick Review #78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Quick Review #79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Quick Review #80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Quick Review #81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Quick Review #82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
U – Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Quick Review #83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Quick Review #84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Quick Review #85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Quick Review #86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
PART II: GRE
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Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Quick Review #87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Quick Review #88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Quick Review #89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
Quick Review #90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
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Quick Review #112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Quick Review #113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
O – P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Quick Review #114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Quick Review #115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Quick Review #116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Quick Review #117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Q – R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Quick Review #118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Quick Review #119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Quick Review #120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
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S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Quick Review #121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Quick Review #122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
T – U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Quick Review #123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
V – Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Quick Review #124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
PART III: Answers to Quick Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Quick Review Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
SAT Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
GRE Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
PART IV: Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
Appendix A: Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Appendix B: Foreign Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
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here so that you can get back to it quickly when needed. We indicate the stressed
syllable of each word by using capital (KAP i tl) letters.
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Letter(s) Makes a Sound Like . . . In the Word . . .
a a hat
ae ai hair
ah o on
aw aw saw
ay a day
ch ch chip
e e bed
ea ea ear
ee ee bee
gg go
i i bid
ing ing sing
oe o work
oh o go
oo oo moon
ow ow cow
oy oy toy
s s kiss
th th think
TH th that
u oo took
uh u rug
yy my
zh s measure
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abandon (uh BAN dn) vt. 1. to give up something forever; 2. to leave in a time
of danger
• Abandon all hope of seeing your family again.
• We must abandon the boathouse until the storm is over.
[-ed, -ing, abandonment n.] [Syn. quit, desert, forsake (Each of these has a slightly differ-
ent emotion attached to it.)]
abbreviate (uh BREE vee ayt) vt. to shorten something by leaving a part, or
parts, out
• We might abbreviate this word abbrev.
• The student abbreviated most of the words in his or her class notes to keep
up with the teacher’s lecture.
[-d, abbreviating, abbreviation n.]
ability (uh BIL etee) n. 1. being able; having power to do something; 2. skill,
expertise, power
• You have the ability to succeed at what you attempt.
• Einstein had exceptional mathematical ability.
• An automobile lacks the ablility to pull a freight train.
abridge (uh BRIJ) vt. 1. to reduce in scope; 2. to shorten while maintaining the
essence
• Condensed books abridge the original to appeal to a less than scholarly
audience.
• The 9-hour Lord of the Rings trilogy was abridged to 1 1/2 hours for its tele-
vision broadcast.
[-d, abridging]
abscond (ab SKAHND) vi. to run away and hide; especially to avoid capture by
law enforcers

[-ed, -ing, abstraction n., abstractly adv.]
absurd (ab SOERD or ab ZOEHRD) adj. 1. so obviously untrue as to be laugh-
able; 2. laughably different from what is reasonable
• The story that his arms were tired because he had just flown in from Los
Angeles was absurd.
• The outfit that Gino wore with the red and white striped shirt and the
green and yellow checked pants was absurd.
[absurdly adv., absurdity n.]
accentuate (ak SEN choo ayt) vt. 1. to pronounce or mark with a stress or
accent; 2. emphasize
• When you tell people about your vacation, accentuate the high points and
play down the low points.
• Wear clothing that accentuates your youthful looks.
[-d, accentuating, accentuation n.]
acceptable (ak SEPT ibl) adj. adequate; tolerable; bearable; okay
• Eating peas at a restaurant using only your knife is not considered accept-
able manners.
• Dressing in a toga is considered acceptable at certain fraternity parties.
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QUICK REVIEW #1
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
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1. abandon
2. abbreviated
3. ability
4. abridge
5. abscond
6. absolve

• An adapter is needed for your sink to accommodate the dishwasher hose.
• Even though I don’t want to do it, I’ll accommodate you.
• The hotel accommodates its guests with room service.
• The kitchen accommodates seating space for four.
[-d, accommodating]
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accommodation (uh kom uh DAY shun) n. 1. adjustment; adaptation to a cer-
tain use; 2. reconciliation of differences; 3. a convenience; 4. living or traveling
space
• Myles made an accommodation to staying up all night and annoying his
parents by sleeping most of the day.
• The employee and his former boss reached an accommodation over the mat-
ter of severance pay.
• Having coffeemakers in each room was an accommodation for motel guests.
• The train’s compartment had sleeping accommodations for up to four
passengers.
accomplice (uh KOM plis) n. a person who knowingly assists in committing a
crime; partner in crime
• While Bob was robbing the bank, his accomplice, Louise, was behind the
wheel of the getaway car.
[Syn. associate]
accomplish (uh KOM plish) vt. 1. to do or succeed in doing; 2. to perfect; to
complete
• Rocio accomplished her task of bathing the dog.
• The human fly never failed to accomplish its mission.
[-ed, -ing, accomplishment n.] [Syn. perform, reach]
accord (uk AWRD) vt. 1. to make agree; to reconcile; 2. to grant or concede —vi.
mutual agreement —n. 1. an informal agreement, as between two states or coun-
tries; 2. consent; permission
• Our objectives are in accord.