ALTO Essentials Set 3
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jenniecoco on July 2, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accost | v. to confront verbally |
| affluent | adj. rich, wealthy |
| aggrandize | v. to increase or make greater |
| ambiguous | adj. uncertain, variably interpretable |
| amenity | n. an item that increases comfort |
| anarchist | n. one who want to eliminate all government |
| assiduous | adj. hard-working, diligent |
| attribute | 1. v. to credit, assign 2. n. a facet or trait |
| balk | v. to stop, block abruptly |
| ballad | n. a love song |
| beseech | v. to beg, plead, implore |
| bilk | v. cheat, defraud |
| carouse | v. to party, celebrate |
| coerce | v. to make somebody do something by force or threat |
| colloquial | adj. characteristic of informal conversation |
| concise | adj. brief and direct in expression |
| contrite | adj. penitent, feeling sorry, eager to be forgiven |
| coronation | n. the act of crowning |
| corpulence | adj. extreme fatness, obesity |
| deleterious | adj. harmful |
| discordant | adj. not agreeing, not in harmony with |
| disparage | v. to criticize or speak ill of |
| enervate | v. to weaken, exhaust |
| enmity | n. ill will, hatred, hostility |
| enthrall | v. to charm, hold spellbound |
| exasperate | v. to irritate, irk |
| forum | n. a medium for lecture or discussion |
| frivolous | adj. of little importance, trifling |
| impinge | 1. v. to impact, affect, make an impression 2. v. to encroach, infringe |
| incessant | adj. unending |
| inextricable | adj. hopelessly tangled or entangled |
| innocuous | adj. harmless, inoffensive |
| intractable | adj. difficult to manipulate, unmanageable |
| maelstrom | n. a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects |
| meritorious | adj. worthy of esteem or reward |
| modicum | n. a small amount of something |
| nefarious | adj. heinously villainous |
| negligent | adj. habitually careless, neglectful |
| officious | adj. offering one's services when they are neither wanted nor needed |
| palatable | adj. agreeable to the taste or sensibilities |
| perplex | adj. shifting in character, inconstant |
| pert | adj. boldly forward in speech or behavior |
| reconcile | 1. v. to return to harmony 2. v. to make consistent with existing ideas |
| refract | v. to distort, change |
| repentant | adj. penitent, sorry |
| revere | v. to esteem, show deference, venerate |
| ruse | n. a trick |
| scathing | adj. sharp, critical, hurtful |
| succinct | adj. marked by compact precision |
| surrogate | n. one acting in place of another |
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