#3 acute ~ adulation

Question 1

acute

/əˈkyut/

Answer 1

adj. sharp; shrewd
- If your eyesight is acute, you can see things that other people can’t. You have visual acuity.
- An acute mind is a quick, intelligent one. You have mental acuity.
- An acute pain is a sharp pain.
- An acute disease is one that reaches its greatest intensity very quickly and then goes away.

Question 2

adamant

/ˈædəmənt, -ˌmænt/

Answer 2

adj. stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
- Candice was adamant: She would never go out with Paul again.
- A very hard substance, like a diamond, is also adamant.
Adamantine and adamant are synonyms.

Question 3

adamancy

Answer 3

n. being adamant

Question 4

address

/əˈdrɛs/

Answer 4

v. to speak to; to direct one’s attention to
- To address a convention is to give a speech to the convention.
- To address a problem is to face it and set about solving it.
- Ernie addressed the problem of addressing the convention by sitting down and writing his speech.

Question 5

adherent

/ædˈhɪərənt, -ˈhɛr-/

Answer 5

n. follower; supporter; believer
- The king’s adherents threw a big birthday party for him, just to show how much they liked him.
- Adherents are people who adhere to, or stick to, sth. or someone.
- A religion can be said to have adherents, assuming there are people who believe in it.
- Governments, causes, ideas, people, philosophies and many other things can have adherents, too.

Question 6

adhere

/ædˈhɪər/

Answer 6

v. to stick to sth.

Question 7

adherence

/ædˈhɪərəns, -ˈhɛr-/

Answer 7

n. following someone or sth., esp. rules or laws.

Question 8

admonish

/ædˈmɒnɪʃ/

Answer 8

v. to scold gently; to warn
- The boys’ father admonished (warn) them not to eat the pie he had just baked. When they did so anyway, he admonished (scold gently) them.
The noun is admonition and the adjective is admonitory.

Question 9

adroit

/əˈdrɔɪt/

Answer 9

adj. skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
- Julie was an adroit salesperson: His highly skilled pitch, backed up by extensive product knowledge, nearly always resulted in a sale.
Adroit is a synonym of dexterous and an antonym of gauche and maladroit.
- My brilliant accountant adroitly whipped my taxes into shape, then made a gauche remark about my ignorance of financial matters.

Question 10

adulation

/ˌædʒəˈleɪʃən/

Answer 10

n. wild or excessive admiration; flattery
- The boss thrived on the adulation of his scheming secretary.
- The rock star grew to abhor the adulation fo his fans.
The verb is adulate.