AA Vocabulary List 3

caveat

• a goal created by a group or organization

• an item of clothing worn when dressed formally

• a warning or limitation on a statement

• a harsh or unpleasant sound

carte blanche

• a white carriage

• freedom to act as one thinks best

• a formal letter of apology

• an indictment delivered anonymously

cynical

• distrustful of human nature and motives

• a deliberate falsehood

• curving in a snake-like motion

• claiming ownership of specific property

egregious

• colorful and harmonious

• causing extreme sadness

• new and intriguing

• outstandingly bad or shocking

placid

• an object easily molded into shape

• a goal or destination

• not easily upset; calm

• relating to running water

plead

• to make an emotional appeal

• to work bread dough before baking

• a paper granting ownership of property

• a plastic or glass trinket

complacent

• humility even in the face of great victory

• a sense of smug self-satisfaction

• ideas placed in parallel

• a constant striving to improve

implacable

• flexible under strain

• classification system for files

• moving toward completion

• not able to be pleased, satisfied, or changed

placate

• to make someone less angry or hostile

• to intentionally upset someone

• to continually adjust to new situations

• to scrape debris from an object, esp. teeth