Set: Vocabulary for the College Bound Chapter 1

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adroit skillful; clever
adulterate to make impure; to contaminate
adventitious accidental syn.- incidental
aegis a shield; protection; sponsorship
aesthetic pertaining to beauty
affectation a phony attitude; pose
affinity an attraction to
affluence wealth
agape open-mouthed; surprised; agog
aggrandize to enlarge; to expand
pecuniary pertaining to money
altruism a concern for others; generosity
ambiguous open to more than one interpretation
amoral lacking a sense of right and wrong
amorphous shapeless; formless; vague
animosity hatred
magnanimous forgiving to others

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Created March 22, 2007
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Vocabulary for the College Bound -- Chapter 1

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  1. magnanimous → forgiving to others - 8 misses
  2. adventitious → accidental syn.- incidental - 4 misses
  3. adulterate → to make impure; to contaminate - 3 misses
  4. animosity → hatred - 3 misses
  5. affluence → wealth - 2 misses
  6. aggrandize → to enlarge; to expand - 2 misses
  7. altruism → a concern for others; generosity - 2 misses